"There were severe weather problems, not just in Russia but also in some of the other former Soviet Union countries."

VOA: special.2010.12.07

A few months ago, some former students of mine -former colleagues of mine -gave this very nice party at the Yale Club.

数月前,我以前的一些学生,还有以前的同事,在耶鲁俱乐部举办了一次精彩的派对

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

So before I just leave the subject of immortality, let me conclude with some words of wisdom from a former Miss USA contestant.

所以在结束永生这个话题之前，我就用,前美国小姐参赛者的箴言总结它吧。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

There have been some reports of cheating, including accusations made by the Iraqiya coalition of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.

VOA: special.2010.03.13

The reason the mafia thrives in countries where it's hard to write legal contracts-- let's say some new parts of the former Soviet Union or some parts of Africa the reason the mafia thrives in those environments, is that it substitutes for the law and enforces both legal and illegal contracts.

黑恶势力在那些,书面协议不受保护国家不断壮大,比如前苏联新成员国 或者非洲,为什么黑恶势力在这些地方发展壮大,因为这是法律强制力的补充,它维系所有合同,不管是不是合法的

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Some lawmakers are proposing to renew a former ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, like what the gunman had.

VOA: special.2011.01.15

So we'd say to ourselves,wouldn't we,somehow Napoleon has been reborn or reincarnated, taking over,by some sort of process of possession, the body of the former David Smith,but now it's Napoleon.

所以我们会说，也许拿破仑转世重生了，通过某种夺舍方式，占据了，曾名为David，Smith之人的肉体，但现在他是拿破仑了。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Fifty years ago, a former governor of New York state, Alfred Smith, criticized some claims by President Franklin Roosevelt about the successes of the Roosevelt administration.

VOA: special.2010.09.26

Now,some of these former captives have learned to express their feelings through art.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

Some of his friends were former Communists.

VOA: special.2009.06.14

In Congress,Monday,some Filipino lawmakers called for the withdrawal of the bill, proposing the amendments to honor the former leader.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

Some critics have included former U.S.officials, who accuse members of his family of profiting from the opium trade.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

Some candidates are throwing their support behind former interior minister Andre Mba Obame.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

(Recording) He says since former President Bill Clinton's visit to North Korea in August, there seems to have been some improvement in the tone of U.S.-North Korean relations.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

The Senate does not. Senator Robert Menendez - a New Jersey Democrat - served for many years in the House and has some advice for his former colleagues.

VOA: standard.2009.12.27

The former foreign minister acknowledged some of his backers are urging a boycott of the second round of voting, but said he did not want to address the matter personally and risk sapping the electoral campaign of energy.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25