Professor Pervez Hoodbhoy of Islamabad's Quaid-e-Azam University says the Talibans rapid advance towards the capital was a wake-up call for the government.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

If you think of two towns down here, Brive,b-r-i-v-e,famous for its rugby, and Tulle,t-u-l-l-e,which is a capital.

如果你可以想起来这儿的两个城镇,布瑞福,b-r-i-v-e,以英式橄榄球运动而负有盛名,图勒,t-u-l-l-e,是一个省的首府

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

It is not clear what it will be able to do to help revive energy talks with Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, During negotiations in the Czech capital,Prague, the three natural-gas producing nations were not convinced by E.U.offers of more trade and stronger transport links in exchange for their participation in a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline, known as Nabucco.

VOA: standard.2009.05.11

The frozen market for mortgage-backed securities was triggering massive write-downs, i.e. destroying capital, even while the underlying mortgages were still performing.

FORBES: FASB's Return to Mark-to-Market Sanity

The Kentucky Derby sells excitement with a capital E.

FORBES: Groupon is a lot like the Kentucky Derby

In actuality, Groupon sells excitement with a capital E.

FORBES: Groupon is a lot like the Kentucky Derby