But in Pakistan, opposition parties and the powerful military have strongly criticized the legislation.

VOA: special.2009.10.17

I don't think I have a clearly defined position which makes me different from some parties to the dispute, whether it's political or cultural or religious.

但我不认为自己有一个特定的立场,将我和其他人区分开来，无论是从政治上，文化上还是宗教上。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Okay. So I don't go to a lot of parties but I have been to a few.

好。我不怎么常去派对，但是有去过几个。

不能错过的派对 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"We're at a point in time when we think we have a real opportunity because with the signing of this joint declaration, the parties are coming together and saying that we share a common commitment to address the situation and to offer children better hope for the future through education."

VOA: special.2010.10.26

And we have cooking parties where we all like have meals together and it's just nice.

我们还有烹饪派对，我们一起吃饭，很好。

与室友和睦相处 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

His plans for an interim government have been rejected by a coalition of political parties,trade unions, and civil society groups.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

and they always have different parties and activities

他们总是有不同的派对和活动。

有趣的宿舍生活 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Once published, the provisional lists will have to be agreed upon by all political parties before ballots are printed.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Have you ever hosted one of those parties?

你举行过什么派对吗？

派对很好玩 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Parties now have more than a month to make their case to voters, but the LDP may be fighting a losing battle.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

Parties across the political spectrum have condemned the killing, despite what they called their significant political differences with Terre'Blanche and his Movement.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

Since the early 1950s, only three prime ministers have come from opposition parties, all leading brief coalition governments in the mid 1990s.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

Northern opposition parties have also called for the elections to be delayed until November.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

Baker says moderates in both parties have increasingly been squeezed out in recent years.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

Opposition parties have called for Malema to stop using the song at rallies.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

No party is expected to win outright, which means that whoever comes out on top will have to reach out to other parties to form a government.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

President Obama's initiative to fix the way Americans pay for health care is losing popular support and lawmakers from both parties have expressed concern about its cost.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

Jean Mamboundou says opposition parties have failed to heed civil society's call for a single candidate because many believe they can win the election outright on their own.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

Other opposition parties,rights groups, anti-corruption campaigners and the Nigerian Bar Association have criticized the government over its handling of the multi-million-dollar cash-for-contract scandal involving U.S.company Halliburton and top Nigerian officials.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

Analysts caution that the still influential Communists have a chance to retain the presidency, in any event, because pro-European parties do not have enough votes to choose one of their own.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

"But they have to be a little bit careful to overstate that." Both political parties also see the continuing congressional debate on health care reform as a key factor in next year's midterm elections.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

But Mr.Abhisit,who oversees a 15 month old administration of six coalition parties, has offered a nine month time frame for elections after constitutional amendments have been agreed to and a new budget passed.

VOA: standard.2010.04.03

Political analyst and editor of Nepal's Samay magazine,Yuvraj Ghimre, says their efforts to form a government for the second time are not succeeding because they have been unable to work in cooperation with other parties.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

Other bystanders say they remain fearful if Thailand was pressed to elections and pro-Thaksin parties won it may do little to end the cycle of political tensions that have engulfed the country since late 2005.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

"The EPRDF has discussed with parties that seem to approve or endorse its lines, not the serious parties that do challenge the EPRDF and do have serious issues about the political space in the country,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

But despite weeks of negotiations, the three main political parties - the Maoists,the Nepali Congress, and the Communist Party known as UML have failed to reach a consensus on who should head a new government.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

I could just have a good time playing a whole bunch of day parties, play some stuff at night that was free,see my friends, and not feel like I was missing something, or that I had to do anything.

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

"I think it will also be an opportunity to reiterate our strong commitment to this alliance, and also to the agreements that have been reached between our two governments, not political parties, but between our two governments,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.18

So the fundamental issues are not going to go away,". These are the fundamental issues that Hariri will have to face again in a series of talks scheduled until next Tuesday with various other parties including militant group Hezbollah.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

"This situation in which you have got three parties with equal shares of the vote really closely tied to the performance of the third party in the debate is absolutely unprecedented in British politics, we have never seen a situation like this."

VOA: standard.2010.04.22