Hillary said his first reaction on reaching the summit was a happy feeling that he had "no more steps to cut."

VOA: special.2010.06.30

Fate will permit no apocalypse before its time, before the necessary and painful steps that have to lead up to the Last Judgment.

命运在来之前不会允许人们去启示别人，必须要自己去经历必要而又痛苦的那几步,才能走向最终的审判。

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President Obama said there is no guarantee that all the steps agreed to at the meeting will work,but: "I think we applied the right medicine.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

Opposition leader Boris Nemtsov told VOA that Mr.Medvedev's diagnosis of Russian problems is correct, but he offered no specific steps to address them.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

The opposition leader says the Russian president offers no indication of taking those steps.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

The opening day of a Supreme Court term often draws a variety of protesters to the high court steps, and Monday was no different, though perhaps a bit more subdued than usual.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

"So whatever needs to be done, needs to be done." Experts warn that no matter what steps are taken to ensure safety, terrorists will adapt and craft new ways to defeat the security measures.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

So we have to come up with some kind of a global deal." Analysts say there is no internationally recognized authority at the border of Gaza and whatever steps are taken to provide security will have to involve the Palestinian Authority reconciling or at least cooperating with Hamas.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10