They have little time left in office and not much power.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

By now, in our time, however, the power of religion has faded, and for many, the basis of modern political and moral order has been demolished.

但是现在,宗教的影响力慢慢减弱了,对大部分人来说,现代政治,道德准则的基础已经被毁坏了

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Well,De Gaulle has been dead for a very long time, and there has been progress, but what has not changed is still the power in Paris, in these ministries, to dictate the life of schools, of almost everything else.

戴高乐已经去世很久,在某些地方已经有所改进,但是巴黎的权利,政府各部门的权利仍未改变,他们规定校园生活,还有几乎其他任何事情

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

"Every time Americans debate the problem of states' rights, the relationship of federal power to state power -- which we are indeed having a roiling debate again -- and every time we debate not only race relations, but the very idea of what it means to be an American, multi-racial,greatly diverse society, we are debating the direct legacies of the Civil War."

VOA: special.2011.04.09

Although today's ball game was a different ball game, but better still my team all the time has demonstrated power, strength,energy,resistance resolute, and it showed once again,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.17