The work was first performed in Germany in two thousand to mark two hundred fifty years since the death of the composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

But first of all I wanna welcome you to the Inner Core and I want to say just by introduction how inspiring it has been to work with you over these last years since I've been here. You were part of the group that hired me and I thank you so much for that.

首先，我想欢迎您来到人性讲堂,我想说,仅仅为介绍之便,自从我来到普林斯顿大学以来,近年来跟您的合作是多么的激励人心,当初雇用我的小组里，您正是其中一员，非常感谢您。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

But his lawyer Anna Stavitskaya tells VOA that her client had little choice but to sign the document, since fighting for his freedom in court did not work.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

With the impasse unlikely to be resolved before the end of this month, when U.S.troops will drop to their lowest levels in Iraq since the war began in 2003, the U.N.Security Council pressed the legislators to work through their differences in "the national interest" and form "as quickly as possible, a government that is inclusive and represents the will of the Iraqi people."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04