They were from the democracy groups,universities, and media organizations that worked with the State Department to set up the contest.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

I basically gave them free ray at the beginning, so they work in small groups, and travel from site to site.

在最初，我给了他们充分的自由，孩子们组成学习小组，在各地游览。

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But from what I know, generally the more religious groups tend to be opposed to stem cell research,

但是一般来说，就我所知越是反对干细胞研究的人，

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But most food comes from imports. Before the earthquake, the Haitian government and private groups were working to improve agriculture.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

We have tissues like the brain which are assembled to do functions that are different from any other groups of cells in the body.

像我们的脑组织,它们的功能,就截然不同于身体其他部分的细胞功能

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Bread for the World organizes people from religious and non-religious groups to write,call and visit members of Congress.

VOA: special.2010.06.22

And in such a world, even a sovereign state will be endangered either from other states or from groups and individuals devoted to terror and destruction.

在这样的世界里,即使是主权国家,也可能受到来自他国的侵犯,或者是个人以及团体的恐怖破坏。

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The reservation was created in the nineteenth century to hold people from twenty-seven different native groups.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

And often in response people who want to foster more positive views will often try to--will often put in representatives from other groups in unusual ways to make that point.

为了反击这种刻板印象,想形成一个积极观点的人,通常都会…,引进其他群体的成员,以不同寻常的方式来证明他们的观点。

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These groups wanted to prevent blacks from voting for radical Republicans.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

All the groups that stand to win or lose from it are all figuring out what it does to them and they're taking the positions out of self-interest So, I wanted to write something that was more perspicacious if I could manage that.

所有人无论赞同或者不赞同这个改革,都试图搞清楚这个改革对他们将有什么影响,从自身利益来讲，想搞清楚他们究竟能得到什么,所以，如果我可以的话,我更希望我能写一些独具慧眼的东西。

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We invite groups from all over the world to come here. And then what kind of performances can we create that are contemporary and speak to a whole new audience."

VOA: special.2009.09.23

The conference will discuss groups like al-Qaida and how to prevent them from obtaining nuclear materials for bombs.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

Creating rural jobs is on everyone's to-do list, from the government to the U-N to aid groups.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

AKE's Drake,speaking to VOA from Aberdeen,Scotland, says the Taliban and other groups have dual political and financial objectives by kidnapping correspondents and other foreigners.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

"We also give to local groups, but we only take scholarship applications from local Appalachian region children or groups that are trying to promote traditional music."

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

Activists from several civic groups held a roundtable at Moscow's Independent Press Center to discuss the extent of Russian corruption and what could be done about it.

VOA: standard.2009.05.15

Their clients range from health care professionals to media groups and government officials.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

The peace dialogue had lowered tensions between the rivals, but has flagged amid repeated Indian accusations that Pakistan is not doing enough to clamp down on terror groups operating from the country.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

The mission found the repeated firing of rockets and mortars into southern Israel by Palestinian armed groups from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip constituted war crimes that may amount to crimes against humanity.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

It also said the United States recognizes a government's right to defend itself from attacks by terrorist groups, but that it expects both state and non-state actors to comply with international legal obligations.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

India and the United States share common security concerns in the South Asian region, where both countries want to tackle the menace of terrorism emanating from terror groups based in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

"We will gather CEO's and small business owners, economists and financial experts, as well as representatives from labor unions and nonprofit groups,to talk about how we can work together to create jobs and get this economy moving again,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

Mr.Thaksin,who remains in exile in the face of a two year jail sentence for corruption, maintains support from the northern rural areas as well as among the poor and low income groups due to populist economic policies while in office.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

Besides urging the Obama administration to oppose any further consideration of the Goldstone report in multi-lateral forums, or measures stemming from it, the resolution also reaffirms support for Israel's security and right to self-defense, and its right to defend its citizens from violent militant groups and their state sponsors.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

But the President of the Puntland State of Somalia, Abdirahman Mohamed Farole, appealed for foreign assistance to stable areas of the country, saying this would be the best way to prevent extremist groups from expanding areas they control: "There are limited options for dealing with extremists and terrorist threats in Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26