The president is moving to raise that to about sixty-eight thousand by the end of the year.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

But our engineers work in a three-star hotel, not very flashy, not on the spotlight, and I only promised them to raise their salaries twice a year.

而我们的工程师在三星级酒店工作，不豪华，更不引人关注，我只承诺每年涨两次薪水。

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This year they planted corn and soybeans, but they also raise chicken and cattle.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

"Our greatest fear right now is that if we don't raise the same level of money that we did a year ago, knowing that we have to help more people in January and February when the brunt of the winter begins to take hold and hits, we're going to be really pressed to keep the utilities bills paid and the heat on in many,many homes,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.16