His decisive victory over Republican Senator John McCain brought down the last racial barrier in American politics.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

The North had not won a decisive victory in Virginia, the heart of the Confederacy.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

Lee hoped for a final, decisive blow that would bring the war to an end.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

But with the Confederacy being almost lost, something decisive and great must be done.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

"What you have seen in the United States is decisive action by the administration through the plan further outlined by Secretary Geithner yesterday.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

But it should never be done in a manner which confirms Russia's unfounded claims to be the decisive force in this part of Europe."

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

Kunda Dixit,editor of Nepali Times, says the three main parties are refusing to step aside because they want a decisive say in the writing of the new constitution.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

In 2009,Russians marked 300 years since their country defeated Sweden in the decisive Battle of Poltava, in which Russia replaced that Scandinavian country as the great power of Northern Europe.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

She recently recorded her third solo album, Decisive Steps.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

"What we're going through in asking ourselves, 'Okay,we know what the goal is, is what we're going most likely to achieve that goal, is what a very decisive and intelligent commander-in-chief would do,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

"So if you get an audience of 10 million people there's a lot of 'don't knows' who watch you and what you say, what you do,in those 90 minutes could be quite decisive."

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

Since the financial crisis began in the United States (in 2007), US officials are under pressure to assure their counterparts that they are taking decisive action to safeguard and repair the banking system.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

So this is a timely opportunity to remind the world how agricultural biodiversity can improve productivity and nutrition,enhance livelihoods, respond to environmental challenges and deliver food security, Last July,the G8 summit in L'Aquila,Italy, issued a statement saying, There is an urgent need for decisive action to free humankind from hunger and poverty.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29