Alaska is the biggest of the fifty states by territory but one of the smallest by population.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

Insurance now, in the United States, is regulated not by the federal government but by insurance regulators in each of the fifty states.

如今,美国的保险业,并不是由联邦政府直接监管,而是由各个州的监管机构监管

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Why is it regulated separately by the fifty states?

为什么各个州要的监管要分开呢

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A new report says adult obesity rates rose last year in twenty-three of the fifty states.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

This is something that's very important in the United States because, as I mentioned, insurance regulation is divided up over the fifty states and the problem that that creates is-- it's a nightmare for insurance companies because every different state has different laws.

在美国,这个协会是非常重要的,因为,就像我所提及的,保险监管被分散到了五十个州,这对任何一个保险公司而言,都是一个噩梦,因为各州法律各有不同

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But the report said a number of the fifty states perform much better than others.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

Other countries have it centralized but in the U.S. it's split up over fifty states.

其他国家均实行国家统一监管,但美国却把监管权分给了各个州

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The American Lung Association says half of the fifty states have passed smoke-free laws.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

But of course, it has a lot of force because all fifty states have met-- the commissioners of fifty states have met and hashed it out.

当然,这种建议有它的力度,因为所有五十个州的保险业者,聚集在一起,反复推敲才得出建议

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Thirty of the fifty states have changed their constitutions to ban same-sex marriage.

VOA: special.2010.02.06

It's a little bit like the NAIC -the National Association of Insurance Commissioners -recommends laws to the local insurance regulators in the fifty United States.

这有点像NAIC,美国保险监督官协会,它对全美国50个州的,地方保险监管机构推荐法律法规

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The United States flag has fifty stars that represent the fifty states.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

The representatives are divided among the fifty states based on population size.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

Thirty-nine of the fifty states elect at least some of their judges.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

Most of the fifty states began their budget year July first.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

As the name suggests, the Beers and Bluesapalooza festival features beers from more than fifty breweries across the United States.

VOA: special.2010.08.02

But the recession which began at the end of two thousand seven has not hurt all fifty states equally.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

At least nineteen of the fifty American states are planning to take part in the two thousand ten Earth Hour observance.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

Listen to this Les Paul recording. It was the fifth most popular song in the United States in nineteen fifty-two.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

In nineteen fifty-one, Navy Admiral Hyman Rickover urged the United States Congress to provide money for the first nuclear-powered submarine.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

Right now a program called the Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program is traveling to fifty cities across the United States.

VOA: special.2010.10.27

The researchers say the United States represents more than fifty percent of the trade in coral and reef fish.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

About fifty million dollars is coming from the Gates Foundation, the Monsanto Fund and the United States Agency for International Development.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

In nineteen fifty-six, the United States launched a Jupiter military rocket that flew more than five thousand kilometers.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

In the summer of eighteen fifty-eight, two candidates campaigned across the state of Illinois for a seat in the United States Senate.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

He served five terms. In nineteen fifty-eight, McCarthy defeated a Republican Party senator and won a seat in the United States Senate.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

It prevented a civil war. The eighteen fifty compromise did not,however, end slavery in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

Hungry men had to leave. In eighteen fifty alone, more than one hundred seventeen thousand people came to the United States from Ireland.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

In eighteen fifty, the United States faced the threat of a split between northern and southern states.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

During these years around eighteen fifty, the people of the United States were becoming more and more involved in the dispute over slavery.

VOA: special.2009.03.12