When bad weather prevented navigators from seeing the sun,moon or stars, they had to use a method called "dead reckoning" to find the ship's position.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

And he ended with the position that the only way to put pressure on spending was by cutting taxes I never heard him use the phrase " but he subscribed to the starve-the-beast thesis.

到最后，他倒过来了,说，要想给政府施压，来削减财政支出,减税是必由之路,他倒是没有明确说,但依我看，他用的这招叫“把帽子扔过墙去。

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Instead of spreading ignorance, the group said the pope should use his leadership position to encourage young people to protect themselves in all ways, including condoms.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20