Wilson wasted no time. He immediately called a special session of Congress to act on Democratic campaign promises to reduce import taxes,or tariffs.

VOA: special.2010.09.23

You could think of this as the poem's first -- by no means its last - its first act of poetic disobedience.

我们可以把这当做这首诗第一次--绝不可能是最后一次,-这首诗第一次违背诗歌规律。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Why should I act in such a way if I have no expectation or reasonable expectation that those around me will reciprocate?

如果我对别人的报答,没有期望或合理的期望,我为什么要这样做？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

He says Congress can only act intelligently and boldly on the issue of climate change if the American public gives it no other choice.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

You know, one of the things that I say and only half ingest, is that I know of no more selfish act and a benevolent act.

我说到的一件事，只说了一半意思，即最自私的所为就是善举。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

He would leave the fort on April fifteenth if the Confederates made no hostile act against Fort Sumter or against the United States flag.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

There's no prior act of consciousness.

意识上没有先后之分。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

They say that some states have lowered their standards in order to increase student scores on tests required by the No Child Left Behind Act.

VOA: special.2010.03.25

But what I'm trying to get at is do you consider that you are under no obligation, since you haven't actually entered into any act of consent, but for prudential reasons, you do what you're supposed to do according to the law?

但我想知道的是，你认为自己,不负有任何义务，因为你并未真正作出任何形式的同意，只是出于谨慎考虑，你还是会依法缴税，是吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

And no two tornadoes act the same way.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

No other act had topped both charts since 1983, when Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton achieved that feat with their duet, "Islands In The Stream."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

"You are provoking the gods and you act as if there will be no consequence."

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

"While accepting the fact that Major Nidal Malik Hasan practiced the Islamic faith, we offer no justification for his ungodly and heinous, cowardly act of violence,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

So far, there is no pending legislation to update the Electronic Privacy Communications Act.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

As Britain announces it will review its famously flexible libel laws, Sierra Leone's Supreme Court recently upheld the country's criminal libel act, saying the law posed no immediate danger to journalists.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

"The international community should not be silent and also act very urgently and firmly, and send the strong signal to the regime that they can no longer act with impunity of such kinds of violations of basic human rights and democratic rights for her and also the other political prisoners,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.15