A white roof top reflects almost as much.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

I'd like to go by climbing a birch tree, And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more, But dipped its top and set me down again.

我真想去爬白桦树，沿着雪白的树干，爬上乌黑的树枝，爬向那天心，直到树身再支撑不住，树梢碰着地，把我放下来。

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The president traveled to Jacksonville after another closed door meeting at the White House with top advisers on Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

The top White House advisor on East Asia,Jeffrey Bader, says that relationship goes beyond bilateral issues.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

Respectfully,but forcefully." Mr.Obama's top advisors indicate that is the way things work in the White House.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

President Obama will be directly involved in one aspect of the campaign a White House science fair that will showcase top student experiments from across the country.

VOA: standard.2009.11.24

In a written statement, the top Republican in the House of Representatives, John Boehner of Ohio, accused the White House of empowering Russia at the expense of America's European allies.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

Weeks have passed support, since President Obama's top commander in Afghanistan formally urged the White House to order a swift surge of U.S.troops to battle militant extremists in the violence-plagued nation.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

The White House is now reviewing strategic recommendations made by the top U.S.military officer in Afghanistan, Details are confidential but they are believed to include the possibility of adding more troops to the already 60 thousand Americans in uniform deployed there in the eight-year old war.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

It was a different era. But General Myers spent many hours in the White House Situation Room, working with Bush administration officials on strategy for the two conflicts, just as current top officers are working with President Barack Obama and his team now on how to move forward in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16