Consumers also want computers and cell phones, but in cities, these are no longer status symbols.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

That's a horrible thing to say, that the author has no legal status."

作者如果没有法律地位是很恐怖的“

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O'Hanlon believes the Nobel Committee was blinded by the president's near-pop star status in some countries, and that the young president has no real achievements that merit such an award.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

"What we are saying is that we are enforcing that law,that under our amendment, any Guantanamo Bay detainee that is ordered released cannot be released within the United States because they have no legal status to be released.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20