Now,Gardasil's maker,Merck, has asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve the drug for boys beginning at age nine.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

And he said the people must be given a fair chance to approve or reject a constitution for statehood.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

That same year, Polk was able to get Congress to approve a bill that greatly reduced the taxes on imports.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

They will earn extra points in the Race to the Top if they approve the standards by August second.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

States that approve the new standards have a right to add up to fifteen percent of their own.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

Little Delaware is called the First State because it was the first state the first to approve the new United States Constitution.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

The United States Senate and Russia's parliament must both approve the agreement for it to take effect.

VOA: special.2010.04.17

Both the House and the Senate must approve a bill in order for it to become law.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

The Organization of the Islamic Conference has been urging the United Nations to approve anti-defamation measures.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

The jurors are asked to approve efforts to gather evidence, often secretly,to build a case.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

She worked tirelessly to get Congress and the states to approve an amendment to the United States Constitution that would provide equal rights for women.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

Treaty members agreed to approve rules banning ships carrying more than five hundred travelers.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

Another effort was made to get a bank bill that the president would approve.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

On July fourth,seventeen seventy-six, the Continental Congress voted to approve the Declaration of Independence.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

Congress set a time limit of seven years for the states to approve it.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

He said the states must have the right to approve or reject bank offices.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

She says she does not approve of the word "disabled" to describe her condition.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

President Obama said he hopes to get Congress to approve it next year.

VOA: special.2009.11.21

The Mormons asked Congress to approve a territorial government for their land.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

Her father did not approve of her decision to become an artist.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

Thirty-eight of the fifty state legislatures were required to approve the amendment.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

In exchange, congressional leaders promised to approve several presidential appointments.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

So the lawmakers refused to approve the agreement.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

The president's apparent hesitation to approve the military plan to implement the strategy he announced in March leaves many analysts confused.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

And the U.S.Congress should approve more funding to Mexico for training, equipment and other initiatives to fight the drug trade.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

But,many Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jews do not approve of the homosexual lifestyle, viewing it as contrary to Jewish law.

VOA: standard.2009.08.04