They are the highlight of the year in the U.S. broadcasting industry, but the telecast has suffered from poor ratings.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

Those are the two biggest rating agencies in the U.S. today and they're extremely powerful organizations because they --Standard & Poor's also does letter grades, a slightly different system, but almost the same.

如今他们是美国最大的两家评级机构,而且他们是非常权威的组织,标准普尔也进行字母评级,体系上有些区别,但基本相同

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The U.S.State Department says several of the prisoners were in poor health.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

First, virtually no poor U.S. citizens (defined according to the poverty level) are without health insurance.

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Adam Klopfeinstein, market strategist with Archer Financial Services, said gold rose on fears of a global economic slowdown, particularly after a poor U.S. jobs figure.

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"Another poor U.S. consumer confidence reading yesterday served to bolster investor confidence that the Fed would renew its commitment to asset purchases and triggered another round of buying, " said Mike McCudden, head of derivatives at Interactive Investor.

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