Melanie Walker brought home another gold for Jamaica, setting a championship record of 52.42 seconds in the women's 400-meters.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

What's happening is the housing market is dropping, home prices are falling, people are defaulting in record numbers, and there are foreclosures.

房地产市场在衰退,房价在下跌,违约人数破历史纪录,很多贷款买房者取消了赎回权

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The title came in the first year of the Yankees' new Japan's Hideki Matsui was voted the Series' Most Valuable Player after he hit 615 with three home runs and eight runs batted in (RBI), including a World Series record-tying 6-RBI performance in Game 6.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24