The students examine an issue, review what is already known, think about what they have learned and come to some conclusion.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

He said slavery had not tied the states of the Union together, but had always been an issue that divided them.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson says the problem of cookstove pollution is really an issue of poverty.

VOA: special.2010.09.27

President Lyndon Johnson was in office and the Vietnam War was an issue of national dispute.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

Anthony Fauci at the National Institutes of Health says the shortage is an issue of biology.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

You see how this might be an issue. Unlike some countries, the United States has no laws restricting what parents can name their children.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

The journal Health Affairs recently published an issue on "E-Health in the Developing World."

VOA: special.2010.05.03

Some people say these famous "diplomats" help to humanize an issue.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

" When we agreed on an issue and worked together to make a little progress for the country on an important issue, he was the best ally you could have.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

Talking on the phone has long been an issue.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

But,like circumcision, it is an issue of public debate.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

He likes to be in situations where he can talk at length about what the parts are of an issue."

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

And just as at the regular Olympics, communication among participants from different countries can be an issue at the games.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

"And it was quite an issue,quite honestly, because housekeeping has been doing business a certain way for many,many years,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.30