"Serbia will never under any circumstances recognize the unilateral declaration of independence of the so-called Republic of Kosovo."

VOA: special.2010.07.24

.. What I'm going to do now-- let's start out with the case where-- now it's going to get a little bit more complicated if we drop the independence assumption.

我现在要做的是-,让我们从案例开始-,接下来的情况会比刚才的复杂一点,因为我们去掉了“相互独立“这一前提假设。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The question is, why does Socrates exhibit such proud defiance and independence of the laws in the Apology, and such total, even kind of mouse-like, acquiescence to the laws in the Crito?

问题是，为何苏格拉底一方面展现了自豪的反抗,及独立于法律之外如同《自辩篇》所载，但这种绝对性，却化为鼠辈般，默认了全部的法律，一如《克里托篇》所载？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Her left arm holds a tablet with the date of the Declaration of Independence July fourth,seventeen seventy-six.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

If you go back to the Declaration of Independence, it doesn't say: "We Americans believe these truths to be self-evident. " It says: "We believe these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, and all men are entitled to life liberty and the pursuit of happyness."

如果你回头再看看独立宣言，上面并没有说：,美国人相信,这些都是不言而喻的真理“,上面所说的是，我们相信这些真理不言而喻，从而,人人平等，所有人都拥有,人身自由，都有追求幸福的权利“

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

On July fourth, seventeen seventy-six, colonists meeting in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, approved the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain.

VOA: special.2011.07.08

In other words, we should not care what people say about us, but we should be prepared to develop qualities of self-containment, autonomy and independence from the influence that others can exercise over us.

换句话说，我们不应理会别人怎么说我们，而我们应准备好,发展自制的特质，自治与自主,排除他人,可能对我们的影响。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Serbia's main ally Russia has recognized the self-declared independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia.

VOA: special.2010.07.24

Then -- if he was elected president -- the Democrats could give the Philippines their independence.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

On July fourth,seventeen seventy-six, colonial leaders approved the final Declaration of Independence for the United States.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

Mules were faster. For example, in eighteen fifty-seven a stagecoach pulled by six mules took twenty to twenty-five days to travel from Independence,Missouri,to Santa Fe.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

Bunau-Varilla and Cromwell provided Manuel Amador with a declaration of independence, a constitution,and money.

VOA: special.2010.08.19

On July fourth,seventeen seventy-six, the Continental Congress voted to approve the Declaration of Independence.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

And she met with the leader of India's non-violent campaign for independence, Mohandas Gandhi.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

It was continued by the Declaration of Independence in seventeen seventy-six.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

Britain gave the islands their independence in eighteen forty-three.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

In eighteen thirty-six,Texas declared its independence from Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

It was a few months before East Timor's referendum for independence, and Indonesian forces were intent on intimidating potential pro-independence voters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

The document also says "Iran continues to pose a significant challenge to Iraq's long-term stability and political independence.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

After overwhelmingly voting for independence from Indonesia on August 30,1999, the country was ransacked by Indonesian-backed militias.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

His South West Africa People's Organization, which has governed Namibia since independence nearly 20 years ago,is expected to win a two-thirds majority in parliament.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

"The United States supports Ukraine's sovereignty, independence and freedom, and to make its own choices its own choices - including what alliances they choose to belong,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

Analysts say the advent of the born-frees has changed political discourse and obliged leaders to stop relying for votes on their role in the independence struggle.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

Colonel Gadhafi is currently president of the African Union and he recently told U.N.chief Ban Ki-moon the warrant against Mr.Bashir constituted a "grave precedent against the independence of less powerful states, their sovereignty and their political choices."

VOA: standard.2009.03.26