Urban families in the Soviet Union devote nearly the same proportion of their weekly budgets to alcohol as U. S. families do to food.

在苏联城市生活的家庭，每周用于喝酒的钱，同美国家庭每周用于吃饭的钱一样多。

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"It's a matter of making certain that when I send young men and women into war, and I devote billions of dollars of U.S.taxpayer money, that it's making us safer."

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

She said the Obama administration intends to devote hundreds more agents and more effective equipment to stem gun-running across the border and curb illegal purchases in U.S.gun shops by so-called "straw men" fronting for Mexican criminals.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

So I think we need to devote the resources to try to be successful," The general says the U.S.and allied effort also needs to have a significant political and economic component, and that a strong,credible government must emerge from the current election process.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

Some officials have long argued that, given the potential for Israel to drag the U.S. into potentially explosive situations, the U.S. should devote more resources to divining Israel's true intentions.

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Only six of the 109 U.S. machine tool companies surveyed devote 25 percent or more of their current production capacity to these high-end machines.

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Pointing to the U.S., she said America's position as a world leader demands that it devote full attention to empowering women to participate in the economy and society fully.

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