She says Turkey has approved many legal reforms as part of its efforts to join the European Union -- but these have not necessarily been put into action.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

Hobbes does not praise vigilance in defense of liberty and he denounces all efforts to resist the government.

霍布斯并非要,赞扬人民维护自由的警觉态度,而是要谴责那些反抗政府的徒劳之举。

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Only hours after Mr.Karzai's victory in the tainted election, President Obama welcomed the Afghan leader's pledge to eradicate corruption, but frankly warned the proof of those efforts will be not in words,but in deeds.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

But a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Beijing welcomes the agreement reached with Brazil and Turkey, and that discussion of new sanctions in the council does not mean the end of diplomatic efforts.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

"They're not quite there yet. There have been some serious efforts to deal with a combination of long-standing problems in the auto industry and the current crisis which has seen the market for new cars drop from 14 million [vehicles in annual sales to nine million.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30