He was elected mayor of Addis Ababa in 2005,but never took office, and was among opposition leaders given life terms for inciting the post-election violence.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

He presents himself, in other words, as a human being of unparalleled piety and devotion who will risk life itself rather than quit the post that has been given to him.

他呈现的自我，换句话说，是极度虔诚敬神的人类,甚至压下自己的生命作赌注,也不愿放弃这个天赐的角色。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

They would pull out your entire life history of contributions-- they had it because you had filed it all at the post office and everything was bureaucratic and efficient-- and they calculated, according to a formula, what you would get.

政府会取出你这一生的交保记录-,这是由你自己在邮局填写的,所有的一切都行之有效-,然后他们根据公式计算你能得到养老金。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Berhanu was elected mayor of Addis in the disputed 2005 election, but was among those politicians arrested during post-election protests, convicted of treason and sentenced to life in prison.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25