For example, the Supreme Court ruled in nineteen forty-eight that religious classes could not be taught in public schools.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

His real name was Theodore. And if there was ever a problem she could not handle, her husband put things right.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

Second,he could not be guilty of plotting a slave rebellion, because he had never incited slaves against their owners.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

Insurers could not deny coverage to people who already have a condition, or cancel coverage if people get sick.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

Hitler could not strengthen his forces in North Africa and Italy, because Germany also was fighting hard in the Soviet Union.

VOA: special.2011.06.09

We could not bring in a recorder, but the courtroom is mostly quiet except for the lawyers, witnesses and judge talking.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

He earned a little money by serving as a model to artists who could not pay for a professional model.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

"And one night." said McKinley, "It came to me this way: "That we could not give the Philippines back to Spain.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

The situation was so bad,Calhoun said, that the South could not -- with honor and safety -- remain in the Union.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

Lincoln had said that the United States could not continue to permit slavery in some areas, while banning it in others.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

John could not wait to pay back the rest of the money that Judge Tone said his father had borrowed.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

She said Ian Shaw was among several people who could not find paying jobs but still wanted to work.

VOA: special.2009.04.03

They would hit the Confederates with so much strength in so many places that the rebels could not stop them.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

I could not take my eyes from it. I looked at the photograph for some hours and then began working."

VOA: special.2010.05.31