And the World Cup is where the beautiful game appears at its best -- and sometimes its worst.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

It is at its worst after retirement ... when you are no longer-- you've exhausted your human capital and you're living off of all the accumulated physical capital.

退休后，到达顶峰,当你不再-,你用尽了你的人力资本,只能以之前积累下来的,有形资本为生。

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The crisis came just as Europe is trying to recover from its worst recession in generations.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

At its worst, the crisis affected nearly a third of world air travel.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

The Indians gave the army its worst defeat in almost a century.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

However,the housing market continued to suffer its worst downturn in generations.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

The political uncertainty comes as Afghanistan faces its worst violence since the invasion that ousted the Taliban in late 2001.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Analysts say the Balkan country is struggling with its worst economic slump since independence in 1991, as consumption,investments and exports have tumbled.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

"The unemployment rate could,could, at its worst be over 10 percent before it starts to get better,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

This latest incident comes at a time when Afghanistan is witnessing its worst violence of the eight-year-long war following the ouster of the Taliban from power in 2001.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Within two months of Cleveland's inauguration, the United States entered into one of the worst economic depressions in its history.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

Many voters were dissatisfied with the L.D.P.and its reaction to Japan's worst recession since the Second World War.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

This year, the Center for Plain Language is holding its first contest for best and worst language use.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

Fujii says that Japan is in the worst financial situation among industrialized nations, because of its massive debt.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

An expert on nuclear proliferation at the RAND Corporation in the United States, Brian Jenkins,says because of its proximity to Somalia and its close ties to the West, Kenya is vulnerable to the worst-case scenario, where an al-Qaida terrorist unleashes a "dirty bomb" in Nairobi causing the death of thousands.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01