So what does it mean to be French today? President Nicolas Sarkozy has tapped another French staple the love of debate to launch a three-month, national conversation on the subject.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

That was good for about 10 seconds before it snapped out of that cheap little staple they put it in there with.

它可以坚持用10分钟,之后就会从那个廉价订书钉里掉出来。

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and then I worked for the House of Blues, which is another staple in Hollywood

接着我给“蓝调之家”干，也是好莱坞的一家重要的大公司，

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Some economists say prices for rice, the staple food for much of the world's population, could be returning to levels that sparked inflation fears in much of Asia last year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

With new studies finding increasingly strong links between diabetes and cardiovascular disease and even certain types of cancers, research to improve this dietary staple has taken on a new urgency.

VOA: standard.2010.06.25