He was a lawyer and former state lawmaker.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

To drink from this river would allow the fallen angels to forget their fallen state, to forget the fact of their fallen-ness from their more blissful former condition.

喝忘川之水让那些堕落天使,忘记他们的堕落的处境，忘记自己堕落这一现实,忘记自己是从幸福天堂堕落的事实。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Roger Noriega is a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington and a former State Department official in the George W.Bush administration.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

Tea Party favorite, Republican Sharron Angle has been leading in opinion polls against former state Republican chairwoman Sue Lowden and Las Vegas businessman Danny Tarkanian.

VOA: standard.2010.06.08

The former state-owned carrier once symbolized the strength of the country's post-war economic boom.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

Crist was forced to abandon his quest for the Republican Senate nomination because he was badly trailing former state legislator Marco Rubio in the primary race.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

In South Carolina,for example, the new governor was a former army officer from the state of Ohio.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Chelsea is the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and the current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

Fifty years ago, a former governor of New York state, Alfred Smith, criticized some claims by President Franklin Roosevelt about the successes of the Roosevelt administration.

VOA: special.2010.09.26

Former United States Senator Robert Toombs of Georgia was the Confederate secretary of state.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

He was the former coach of North Carolina State University men's basketball team.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

They chose Horatio Seymour, a former governor of New York state.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

"On China" is by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

VOA: special.2011.07.13

Another was former secretary of state James Buchanan.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

These included payments and gifts from convicted drug smuggler Glenn Agliotti who turned state's evidence against his former friend.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

and Barak,a former general and army chief of staff, says Israel is a state of law and lawbreakers will be punished.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

David Kramer,former senior State Department official in the Bush administration, says both countries have to overcome numerous obstacles before becoming NATO members.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

Nigerian media and non-governmental organizations say three former Nigerian heads of state were among those who accepted bribes.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright - one of its authors - said the president already is adopting several of its recommendations.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

The winner will face Democrat Jerry Brown, the state attorney general and former governor, in the November election.

VOA: standard.2010.06.08

Matthew Hoh was a former Marine Corps captain with combat experience in Iraq before he worked for the State Department in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Former U.S.President Bill Clinton, husband of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, visited Pyongyang in August, to secure the freedom of two captive U.S.journalists.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

David Kramer was a former senior State Department official in the Bush administration He also sees the U.S.position moving towards the Russian one.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

Former U.S.State Department official Robert Russell said he understands why Vilks' cartoon in 2007 offends some Muslims.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

Pressure from the president's liberal Democratic base is likely to have an impact on that decision, says former assistant secretary of state Teresita Schaffer.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Initial results show Mr.Maliki's State of Law bloc with a slim overall lead over former prime minister Iyad Allawi and his secular Iraqiya faction.

VOA: standard.2010.03.12

The Deputy Secretary of State had been budget director under former President Bill Clinton.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

Current Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, whose State of Law alliance came a very close second to former Prime Minister Iyad Alawi's Iraqiya, is leading the caretaker government.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

Former U.S.Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has just finished chairing a team that did a first draft of the Concept, and presented it to NATO officials in May.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

Secretary Napolitano, a former governor and attorney general in the southwestern border state of Arizona, says prosecuting drug criminals is a more effective strategy than building border walls.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24