He thought that the book might help him move on from always thinking about his family's past.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

She tried to get past him, and he tried to let her, but they were both moving the same way each time.

他们互相都想，让对方过去。

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His mind traveled into the past until his sons voice brought him back.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

Captain Camara says those political leaders have made mistakes in the past and the support for him now makes them afraid.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

I think Felipe Calderon is coming here with the hope that once President Obama embraces him and says all the right things in terms of applauding what he has done right over the past three years.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

We came up with a back story between the two of us about what things had gone on in the past and why she was so dedicated to him, so loyal and hurt for him so badly."

VOA: standard.2010.06.20

"It was like a giant jigsaw puzzle and the more we started to unearth and peel back the onion of who this guy was and what happened to him in the past and trying to truly understand the reason why he would be so obsessed with a specific case once we start to uncover these things about him we realized that once we explain one set of circumstances we needed to go even further with another set of circumstances."

VOA: standard.2010.02.27