He was the best-known Republican in the country at that time: Senator William Seward of New York.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

Hard to believe today, but Sicily was one of the major granaries of the Mediterranean world at that time, tremendously fruitful, able to grow the best possible crops, very good wheat and so on.

在今天很难想象,但西西里是当时地中海地区,最主要的粮仓之一,产物丰盛,能够种植最好的谷物,上乘的小麦等等

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At that time, the best jobs were with the customs service of the Treasury Department.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

Roberto Clemente was one of the best baseball players at the time.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

It was one of the best schools at the time.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

"I am still a Republican,". "And I would like to point out that in the course of my 50 years of voting for presidents, I have voted for the person I thought was best qualified at that time to lead the nation.

VOA: standard.2009.05.24