LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The nomination ballots for 84th Annual Academy Awards were mailed Tuesday to the 5,783 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the academy announced. The voters have until Jan. 13 to...
ballot, ['blət] n/v 投票，抽签 【例】I balloted for him 我投他的票。 secret ballot 无记名投票 【记】ball球，lot多－好多球儿。大家见过世界杯分组抽签吗？把每个队的名字分别放在球里，再进行抽签...
New plans to try to contain BP's massive oil spill are in place. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports the company's managing director visited the Sunday news talk shows today to explain its latest containment strategy. It's clear that no long-term solution is ye...
A: Do you plan on voting this Tuesday? B: Yes. What about you? A: I already voted. B: What do you mean you already voted? A: I had to mail in an absentee ballot. B: Whyd you have to do that? A: Im not going to be able to vote this Tuesday. B: Why is...
In Angola, voting has been extended for another day at some polling centers after thousands of voters were prevented from casting their ballots in Friday's parliamentary elections. VOA's Scott Bobb reports from Luanda. Angola's Electoral Commission...
By Paula Wolfson Pittsburgh 22 April 2008 The ballot count is underway in a crucial primary election in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Voters chose between two candidates for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination: Senators Barack Obama and...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 16 March 2007 The Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar says he would contest in court his disqualification by the electoral commission. A a leading candidate for the April poll, he was excluded in the final official list....
Mr. Moderator, Reverend Cleage, Brother Lomax, brothers and sisters, and friends -- and I see someenemies. In fact, I think wed be fooling ourselves if we had an audience this large and didnt realize that there were some enemies present. This aftern...
Malcolm X: "The Ballot or the Bullet" (Photo not taken on this occasion) [AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio.] Mr. Moderator, Reverend Cleage, Brother Lomax, br...
By Stefan Bos Lithuanian election officials say a party led by a Russian-born millionaire has won the initial round of the country's first parliamentary ballot since it joined the European Union and N...
