But a poll,commissioned by the American Red Cross, indicates 20 percent of Americans plan to reduce their charitable contributions.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

Remona Aly, from the Exploring Islam Foundation, says her organization, which commissioned the poll, felt it needed to respond.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

The report commissioned by the U.N.Human Rights Council found that both sides committed serious human rights violations and violations of international humanitarian law.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

He hired a young bandmaster from Harvard, named Leroy Anderson, to do some arrangements for the Pops, then commissioned him to write some new pieces.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

Each year since 1995,the company has commissioned a survey on science literacy and workplace issues.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

Even China's government has commissioned a U.S.firm to build a massive facility that would produce 80 times more solar energy than the new Florida plant.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

The report was commissioned by the French government. The report recommends shifting the ways policymakers look at progress from what economists call gross domestic product,or GDP, which is a general measure of goods and services produced in a country.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14