The dispute over slavery had prevented Congress from acting earlier.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

This acting style is quite different from play-acting today.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

One is the Speaker of Parliament and Acting President Bronislaw Komorowski, from the governing center-right Civic Platform party.

VOA: standard.2010.07.03

Mutallab,an engineering student who studied in Britain, told investigators he was acting on instructions from al-Qaida and got the explosive materials in Yemen.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

The United States must lead the way. But our best chance to solve these unprecedented problems comes from acting in concert with other nations,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.11