The bill,known as the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, would have the government buy four-and-one-half-million ounces of silver each month.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

The expression probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face-to-face.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

During the early weeks of eighteen ninety-eight, President McKinley waited for Spain to act on its promises to Cuba.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

City officials believed that offering promotions based on the results would violate the nineteen sixty-four Civil Rights Act.

VOA: special.2009.07.03

The seven hundred eighty-seven billion dollar American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is also unpopular because of its cost.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

The National Industrial Recovery Act of nineteen thirty-three gave labor leaders the right to organize and represent workers.

VOA: special.2011.03.31

But another law, the Wagner Labor Relations Act of Nineteen Thirty-Five, helped labor unions to increase their power.

VOA: special.2011.03.31

Early in his career, he continued President Kennedy's desire for social change by helping to pass the Civil Rights Act of Nineteen Sixty-four.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

The American Congress passed several historic pieces of legislation during Benjamin Harrison's administration: The Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

The Burma Road was a major route by which the United States was supplying China with munitions as part of the Lend-Lease Act.

VOA: special.2011.05.26

But e-books can act more like computer software licensed only to the user who buys them.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

So in nineteen thirty-five, the Congress passed a new law called the National Labor Relations Act.

VOA: special.2011.04.07

The National Arboretum was established by an act of Congress in nineteen twenty-seven.

VOA: special.2010.10.01

And the protests helped pass the Civil Rights Act of Nineteen Sixty-Four.

VOA: special.2010.01.29