Yet pro-democracy reformists say the changes have not brought the freedom and justice for which many had hoped.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

He believed in a strong central state, which was a real departure for him from the rest of the pro-slavery writers.

他坚信有个强大的中央政府,在亲奴主义作家中,他的理论着实是个大飞跃

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He would gladly have sacrificed them in order to keep the much more virtuous and pure Lycidas -a gruesome proposal, but it's a gruesome proposal that suggests a primitive desire for a quid pro quo.

他很乐意牺牲了他们,来维持更为纯洁纯粹的,这是一首令人毛骨悚然的提议,暗示着一种最原始的复仇的欲望。

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Pro-slavery settlers urged Reeder to hold immediate elections for a territorial legislature.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

And Dew wrote a forceful defense of slavery in the wake of this, which became kind of a seminal text for all future pro-slavery writers.

此后后德夫为维护奴隶制写了一份有力的辩护,这份辩护被所有后来的亲奴主义作家,尊为一部文献

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They approved a pro-slavery platform, but did not nominate anyone for president.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

The pro-slavery legislature passed a bill calling for such a convention.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

Pro-slavery men called for Geary to get out of Kansas.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

It was a few months before East Timor's referendum for independence, and Indonesian forces were intent on intimidating potential pro-independence voters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Last week an MDC supporter was killed for allegedly singing a pro-Tsvangirai song in a bar.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

While some Serbs view it as a political trial by a "pro-Western" and "political court", others see it as the best way forward for Serbia after years of isolation.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

The group largely consists of supporters of former prime minister Thaksin, who was ousted by a 2006 military coup for alleged corruption, and pro-democracy activists who opposed the army takeover.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

The 58-year-old Ghimpu and his pro-Western coalition, dubbed the 'Alliance for European Integration', seek closer ties with the European Union and want to take the former Soviet republic out of Russia's sphere of influence.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

The ruling by Ukraine's Central Election Commission to not investigate allegations of vote rigging is a setback for pro-Western Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's campaign to challenge the results of the February 7 ballot.

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

This took place as police scuffled with thousands of protesters, who had taken to the streets of central London to demonstrate for and against a variety of causes - from anti-war and anti-poverty to pro-environment and pro-jobs and better housing.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01