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

He thinks it will show that Japan's arguments for whale hunting are misguided.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

He says arguments for virtual colonoscopy are not sound.

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

His response came up just short of saying he would have made the case for regime change, but he did say he would have had to couch his arguments for British involvement differently.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

"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

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

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

"Because quite often the arguments that a defense deal is essential on national security grounds then that becomes justification for shielding it from public scrutiny."

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

Federal judges in California will hear arguments on whether to consolidate more than one hundred lawsuits claiming Toyota is responsible for economic losses suffered by Toyota owners.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

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

In addition,the nine justices will also hear arguments about whether sentencing juveniles to life in prison without paroles for crimes other than murder violates the constitutional ban against cruel and unusual punishment.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01