He says this means establishing the rule of law, rejecting the idea of a police state and supporting the separation of power.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

It also represented the separation of western Europe from the communist east.

VOA: special.2009.11.14

This idea is often described as "the separation of church and state."

VOA: special.2009.05.22

But if the North refused a peaceful separation, then the South would be faced with the choice of surrender or fight.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

In nineteen eighty-five, he led the congressional effort to order economic restrictions on South Africa because of its racial separation policy.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

He said that the First Amendment works by "building a wall of separation between church and state."

VOA: special.2009.05.22

But he was not afraid of it. He said: "Our separation from the old Union is complete.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

The couple never legally divorced because of their Catholic faith, but they did sign a separation agreement.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

Later cases ruled that teaching religious creation stories in public schools violates the First Amendment of the Constitution that calls for separation of church and state.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

And he is an activist who fought the policy of racial separation, called apartheid.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

3 degrees of separation means the friend of a friend of a friend.

VOA: special.2009.01.21

Cleft palate is a separation in the top of the mouth.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

The country's first post-apartheid president, Nelson Mandela, campaigned hard for the prestigious tournament because he saw it as a way to further reconciliation after decades of racial separation and conflict.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

Many of the reunion participants also realize that when the buses leave Mount Kumgang, it will be the beginning of another period of separation, likely to last the rest of their lives.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26