The state-by-state information is not yet complete, but Marc Perry says demographers found a clear trend in population growth.

VOA: special.2011.03.14

Sweden kind of disappears from the great power state when they're defeated by Peter the Great in--when is it?--1709.

在1709年被彼得大帝打败后,［此处指的是1709年的波尔塔瓦之战］

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

But yet Muscovy was considerably less important than the commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania, which was considerably much greater and subject to struggles with and influence by that state.

但俄国的影响力仍远不及,波兰-立陶宛联邦,后者远远比俄国强大,但却受制于两国的争端所照成的影响

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Fighting between the two sides almost began when a Free State man was killed by a pro-slavery man.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

This material is a theologically oriented account of Israel's history from the conquest of Canaan, or what is represented as the conquest of Canaan, to the destruction of the state by the Babylonians in 587-586 BCE.

这些内容是以神学为基础对以色列历史的记叙,从征服迦南，或者说是显示出的对迦南的征服，到公元前587到586年被巴比伦人攻陷城邦。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

These were developed in a year-long process led by state governors and chief state school officers.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

Others point to measures recommended by a state-appointed committee.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

The system was produced by the state-owned Rafael Arms Development Authority and is partially financed by the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Most hospitals have re-opened. A small strike by some junior doctors at three state hospitals ended after Mr.Tsvangirai spoke to them.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

A statement broadcast on Russian state television by Chechnya's Kremlin-backed president, Ramzan Kadyrov, has added to the speculation.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

Interior Minister Jean-Francois Ndongou told French state radio that two people killed overnight in Port Gentil were looters shot by a home owner.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

It is now up to Perseus to lead a battle with the monsters loosed by the gods and save the city-state of Argos from destruction.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

Local and international journalists are prohibited from speculating about results or voting trends and may report only returns announced by the Interior Ministry on state-run media.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

Israel is alarmed by Iran's recent test firing of its longest-range missile and previous threats by its president to wipe the Jewish state "off the map."

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Mr.Mogae had served 10 years as head-of-state, the maximum allowed by the constitution.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Clinton said Haiti leads the Western Hemisphere in unemployment and infant mortality, yet the Caribbean state's future is by no means hopeless if it receives properly-targeted international support.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

All of the other council members were represented by their head of state or government, except for non-permanent member Libya, which sent its U.N.ambassador instead of President Moammar Gadhafi.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

It also said the United States recognizes a government's right to defend itself from attacks by terrorist groups, but that it expects both state and non-state actors to comply with international legal obligations.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

The visit by Secretary of State Clinton to Iraq comes on the heels of a wave of bloody suicide-bombings which threaten to destabilize the country, just weeks before U.S.troops are set to withdraw from major Iraqi cities.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

"As we and others have said many times, the way to move forward is to enter negotiations without preconditions and reach agreements on the two-state solution, a Jewish state of Israel living side by side in peace and security with an independent,contiguous and viable Palestinian state,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.26