The idea of citizens hearing legal arguments might date back to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

"By suddenly having an actual mechanism to value these systems in dollars, it gives you a potentially very large new mechanism for countering the other financial and economic arguments."

VOA: special.2011.05.10

"I think many of these Arab leaders are deeply, hopelessly corrupt and incapable of being moved by rational persuasive arguments.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Despite such arguments,opinion polls show waning public support for the war in both Britain and the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

(TRANSLATION) "It is a clear sign that the United States is taking Russia and its arguments as seriously as their national security considerations."

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

The judge said he had considered defense arguments for a lesser sentence because Selebi is 60 years old and it was his first offense.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

Serhiy Kvit and other leading Ukrainian university officials have posted arguments against Tabachnyk on the Internet, where the Minister's critics have also created a special protest page.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

Critics,including the Australian and New Zealand governments, say such arguments are a cover for the sale and consumption of whale meat, which is banned under an international moratorium on commercial hunting.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05