He says the cartels have gained "extraordinary power."

VOA: special.2009.03.14

For most people, it seems extraordinary because people don' understand the nature of exponential function and therefore don't understand the nature of the power of one.

很多人会觉得不可思议,因为他们不懂指数函数的本质,也不懂“一“的力量。

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But even his extraordinary skill could not save the South from the industrial power of the North and its mighty armies armies that were well-fed and well-equipped.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

"When unemployment is 9.7 percent, when we are still digging ourselves out of an extraordinary recession, people are going to be frustrated, and they are going to be looking to the party in power to try to fix it.

VOA: standard.2010.02.06