After losing nearly $10 billion last year, the airline industry is poised for takeoff.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

just to keep you poised and on tenterhooks.

这是为了吊你们的好奇心。

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Europe is poised to undergo dramatic structural changes, after years of discussions and setbacks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.29

Voters in Virginia and New Jersey will elect governors on Tuesday, and Republicans appear poised to take back the governor's mansion in Virginia after a streak of Democratic governors in recent years.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Reports that al-Qaida-trained operatives may be poised to attack American commercial and passenger vessels in the Arabian Sea are being widely circulated in Arab-speaking Gulf states, including Kuwait,Bahrain,Qatar, and United Arab Emirates.

VOA: standard.2010.01.07

That is who we are. That is what we do." Mr.Obama honored the 78 West Point graduates who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he again said the U.S.is poised to end its combat mission in Iraq in the next few months.

VOA: standard.2010.05.22