This year's vote lacked the suspense of some previous elections, because all five candidates were unopposed and succeeded in getting the two-thirds majority required in the first round of secret ballots.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

They probably succeeded in subduing some of their neighbors, collecting tribute--there's some controversy about that but in about 922 this kingdom divided into two smaller and lesser kingdoms that fell in importance.

也可能成功征服了周围的一些邻国并接受朝贡，但这点是有争议的,但约公元前922年，这个王国,分裂为两个更小更次要的国家,重要性当然也随之降低。

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"We reacted very quickly and tried to prevent these characters from boarding on to the ship, but unfortunately by the time we reacted, some of them had already succeeded and accessed the ship and had even managed to reach the cabin crew area,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.26