When Alexander's year long bread making adventure came to its end, he realized that the perfect loaf of bread he was after was whatever loaf he was baking at the time.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

I'm going to talk a little bit about its publishing history, its compositional history, actually, at the end of my two lectures on the novel.

我打算在讲这部小说的最后两次课上，略微谈一点关于这部小说的出版历史，实际上也是创作历史。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

It wants to live a life of a certain magnitude, but with a view to achieving the ultimate desired end, which is to return to an inorganic state on its own terms.

它们希望生命有意义，但是还是带这完成最终愿望的心态，那就是回到最初的无生命状态。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Ten years ago at this time, NATO was bombing Serbia to end its violent campaign against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

Those who profess to love the Union are not so anxious to preserve slavery, while those who are opposed to the war acknowledge in all their actions that its continuance will put an end to this accursed system.

那些宣称热爱联邦的人,并不急着想保存奴隶制,同时那些反战的人,他们以行动昭告天下,战争会持续到这种被人唾骂的制度结束

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Its long history almost came to an end two years ago when a major fire burned its South Hall building.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

We could do a more general job if we wanted to, but for now, let's assume that one of these firms has its shop at one end of the town, and the other one has its shop at the other end of the town.

如果有需要,我们可以做更全面的分析,但现在,先假设其中一家公司的商店,在城市的一边,另一家公司的商店在城市的另外一边

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

At the end of March, President Obama called for the United States to expand its offshore oil and gas exploration.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

Toyota says it expects costs and lost sales from its recent safety recalls to total two billion dollars by the end of March.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

She warned Eritrea to end its support for groups fighting to control Somalia.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

The government promised last month to end its use of heavy weapons.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

The inquiry is expected to publish a report of its findings by the end of 2010, or possibly even in 2011.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Among the festival's most popular attractions are its local acts, arriving from one end of Louisiana to the other.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

Mr.Lee has pushed North Korea to fulfill its pledges to end its nuclear program and had scaled back aid to the impoverished country.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

He went to Liberia in 2003 after the end of its two back-to-back civil wars, wars in which hundreds of thousands of people were killed.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Nuru Design plans to increase its customer base tenfold by the end of the year.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

The government appointed five-member panel began its first public hearings in London in an inquiry expected to last until the end of 2010 and possibly beyond.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Its main goal is to use agriculture-based development to end hunger,reduce poverty and food insecurity,as well as increase opportunities for Africa to become a food exporter.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

Standing alongside Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in Tbilisi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterated a call for Russia to end its military presence in two breakaway Georgian regions.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

Iran is played host to a high-profile summit of two key war-torn neighbors, Pakistan and Afghanistan, in a bid to put an end to conflicts that rage along its borders.

VOA: standard.2009.05.24

But Nye tells VOA that while the power of U.S.ideas and its ability "to deter Soviet aggression" are essential to understanding the end of the Cold War, neither are root causes.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

The president said that includes bringing the Iraq war to a responsible end and pursuing a new, comprehensive strategy to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaida and its allies in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

Clinton said a North Korean missile launch, for any purpose, would be a provocative act and a violation of U.N.Security Council resolution 1718 - approved after its 2006 nuclear test- demanding an end to Pyonyang's nuclear weapon and missile programs.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

At the White House, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the threatened North Korea moves were "a serious step in the wrong direction" and urged Pyongyang to end what he termed its "provocative threats" and live up to its international obligations.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

That is who we are. That is what we do." Mr.Obama honored the 78 West Point graduates who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he again said the U.S.is poised to end its combat mission in Iraq in the next few months.

VOA: standard.2010.05.22

Last week,President Talabani visited Istanbul to urge Turkish leaders to approve an amnesty for Kurdish rebels, as well as according more cultural freedom to its own Kurdish minority, as part of the framework of a deal to end the PKK's terror activities.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

But Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell says serious issues will be discussed related to the new government's decision to end a refueling mission for alliance ships supplying the international effort in Afghanistan and its concerns about plans to relocate some U.S.forces in Japan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.18

Some analysts have suggested that the Obama administration move to dramatically change the nature of the U.S.-Iran relationship through a so-called "grand bargain" by,for example,making some concessions on regional security issues in return for an end to Iran's nuclear program and its interference in Iraq and Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

(RECORDING) Erekat said President Abbas will tell Mitchell that if the United States does not succeed in convincing Israel to stop the settlement expansion, it will - in Erekat's words mean that no one in the Arab world will believe that Mr.Obama can ultimately convince Israel to end its occupation of the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14