Mr.Hatoyama has signaled he will seek to make the U.S.relationship less central to Japan's decision-making.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

So we have--U.S. Government issues bills and that's less than or equal to one year and they pay no interest.

美国政府发行的短期国库券,期限通常小于或等于一年,且不付息

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

We call an instrument of the U.S. Treasury with a maturity less than or equal to one year--we call that a bill and they used to be the only discount bonds issued by the U.S. Government.

我们把期限小于或等于一年的,国库券品种称为短期国库券,它们曾是美国政府,唯一发行的贴现债券

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The President took a personal interest in restructuring Chrysler and General Motors, following two of the largest bankruptcies in U.S.history - less than a year after he had proposed billions of dollars in government loans.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

The report noted that 165 Iraqis were killed during May from insurgency-related violence, less than half the April casualty figure of 355.U.S.-led forces in Iraq are set to withdraw from all Iraqi cities by June 30, in accordance with a security pact signed between the United States and the Iraqi government,last November.

VOA: standard.2009.06.01