Tina Tan says the federal government requires international students to show on their applications how they will pay for their first year of school.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

If you'll allow me I will talk first about just what is a central bank such as the Federal Reserve and what do they do.

如果可以的话，我将首先谈谈,中央银行到底是什么,比如说联邦储备局，还有他们都做什么。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

And Roosevelt's willingness to accept an unbalanced budget would be the first step toward federal budget deficits that would grow steadily in the years to come.

VOA: special.2011.04.07

He appeared in federal court in Detroit for the first time Friday.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

He notes that is an optimistic figure. Economic figures recently released by the Russian Federal Statistics Service show the GDP declined in the first quarter of this year by 9.5 percent.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25