For the next eight years, he tried one thing after another.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

She and Mill got married, they lived happily ever after, and it was under her influence that John Stuart Mill tried to humanize utilitarianism.

他们结了婚，从此过上了幸福的生活，正是在她的影响下,约翰·斯图尔特·穆勒试图把功利主义人性化。

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They burn down the city hall, they went to burn the governor's office, after that they tried to invade the Bangkok Bank."

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

The news media report that police fired tear gas to break up the crowd after protesters tried to storm the provincial governor's office.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

The government of the Netherlands collapsed in February after the prime minister tried to keep Dutch forces in Afghanistan from returning home this year.

VOA: standard.2010.05.22

He says many of the Embera report they fled their homes after one or another of the groups tried to force them to collaborate in attacks against the rival group.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22