Until the past week, the 83-year-old former leader has avoided the spotlight since undergoing emergency intestinal surgery in 2006.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

They cared terribly about the consequences to their clients in the long term from the securities they sold. That ethos, by the time the year 2006 came along, had pretty well disappeared.

他们对于卖出的证券对,客户的长期影响非常重视,而这种风气到了2006年的时候6,已经遗失殆尽了。

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Immigration reform failed in Congress in 2006 and 2007 and President Obama promised to make the issue a top priority during his first year in office.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

The survey reports that support for democracy as the best form of government has fallen from 84 percent in 2006 to 78 percent in this year's poll.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Specter's announcement is the latest setback for Republicans, who lost control of the Senate and House of Representatives in 2006 and lost the White House and more seats in Congress last year.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

I need you! John needs you!" After losing control of Congress in 2006 and the White House last year, Republicans are looking to rebound in this year's governor's races, and they seem to have the advantage in Virginia where Republican Bob McDonnell leads Democrat Creigh Deeds in public opinion polls.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23