He arrived in Washington in the spring of 1842 with the power to settle all disputes with the United States.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

So, between 1650 and 1750, and this is right out of what you're reading, the rulers of continental Europe, of the biggest states extended their power.

所以从1650年到1750年这段时期,这正好与你们阅读的内容一致,欧陆上,统治者们扩张了他们的势力

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He also proposed that Congress declare that it had no power to interfere with the slave trade between states.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

Santa Ana said he would agree to the sale, if the United States would help him return to power.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

"As the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon, the United States has a moral responsibility to act.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

Congress passed several other bills giving the federal government power to protect the rights of blacks in the southern states.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

Workers in Wisconsin, and now some other states, have been protesting efforts to limit the negotiating power of government employees.

VOA: special.2011.02.25

American-led forces ousted the Taliban from power in late two thousand one, after the terrorist attacks on the United States.

VOA: special.2009.06.15

The United States government said it will use "all elements" of its national power to deal with Iran.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

Under the United States Constitution, the House of Representatives has the power to bring charges against the president.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

American occupation of the Philippines made the United States a major power in the Far East.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

For example, the United States Constitution gives the president power to veto bills passed by Congress.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

And,with the Philippines, that power is -- and forever will be - the United States.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

The results of the Boxer Rebellion and the Spanish-American War made clear that the new century would have a new world power: the United States.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

And pro-slavery extremists held power in only a few states of the deep South.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

The answer is simple. The United States is the only country in the world today which has the economic power and productivity to furnish the needed assistance.

VOA: special.2011.08.04

They believed the power to control slavery remained with the states.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

She said the United States is moving from mostly the direct exercise of power to what she called "a more sophisticated and difficult mix of indirect power and influence."

VOA: special.2010.05.29

Victory made the United States an increasingly important world power.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

"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

"And we will continue to make that case through our Swiss protecting power who represents the United States in Tehran,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

On Sunday, the United States overpowered China, coming on a power play against the U.S.team's back-up goaltender in the final three minutes.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

Following the September 2001 attack, the United States invaded to oust the Taliban from power in Kabul.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

The European Union and United States have said that an unconstitutional transfer of power could bring sanctions.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

And NATO expert Jean Sylvestre Mongrenier says it reflects a shift to a more balanced distribution of power between Europe and the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Noriega was arrested in 1990, after the United States invaded Panama and removed him from power.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

The United Nations,African Union, the United States and former colonial power France have all criticized President Tandja's move to tighten his grip on power.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

The senior official said despite the complaints against Mr.Zelaya at home, the United States wants his unconditional return to power with all powers and privileges of office.

VOA: standard.2009.07.01

(No Transcripts here) and it also happened through the power of international broadcasting and public diplomacy from the United States that carried on the ideological fight behind the Iron Curtain,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

"And the second issue is that behind NATO they see the United States and U.S.power and they remain as convinced as in the past that it is in the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04