In college basketball, a small school with a young coach nearly defeated a longtime powerhouse team for the national championship.

VOA: special.2010.04.10

They shared fun with firecrackers, which was a disastrous thing which nearly brought the experiment to an end.

让他们一起玩烟花，结果变成一场大灾难,差点害得连实验都做不下去了。

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There is some improvement that that will represent, but not nearly as much as if the trans fat is switched out with a healthier fat.

这确实是进步了一些,但进步的程度不如,把反式脂肪换成某种更为健康的脂肪

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

The nearly complete results show President Hamid Karzai with a commanding lead over former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Nearly two million eligible voters can choose a new president with a five-year mandate, as well as mayors and councilors of major towns.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

They found that women who gave birth after age 40 were nearly twice as likely to have a child with autism as a woman under 25.

VOA: standard.2010.02.10

That force is scheduled to be reduced from nearly with the bulk of the withdrawal planned for after the election and the formation of a new Iraqi government.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

With a running time of nearly two hours, the film covers Mercer's award-winning career through new and archival interviews, and performances by the some of the greatest entertainers of the past century.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

She adds that is in line with previous years. South Korean companies employ nearly 40,000 North Koreans to produce basic manufactured goods at a special cooperative zone in the North Korean city of Kaesong.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

With their first experience as a host country for a FIFA event nearly behind them, Egyptians are looking ahead to the World Cup in South Africa next year, and are anxious to share their experiences with their fellow Africans.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

"When our government has information on a known extremist and that information is not shared and acted upon as it should have been and this extremist boards a plane with dangerous explosives that could cost nearly 300 lives, a systemic failure has occurred.

VOA: standard.2009.12.29

His main opponent, the controversial mayor of Zagreb Milan Bandic, came in second with nearly The men will face each other in a final election round on January 10th, since they failed to gain the minimum of 50 percent plus one vote to win outright.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28