"As the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon, the United States has a moral responsibility to act.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

She said she did not have to act like a white woman that Hollywood hoped she would become.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

She says the main value of the new credit card act is that it "provides an opportunity for consumers to have more information."

VOA: special.2009.05.22

But their territorial legislatures would not have the power to act on the issue of slavery.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

They say that some states have lowered their standards in order to increase student scores on tests required by the No Child Left Behind Act.

VOA: special.2010.03.25

They simply act like robots. In some cases, documents may have been falsified.

VOA: special.2010.10.22

Congress did not have power to act on slavery in the territories.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

The director may have said, "Calm down,now.Get your act together."

VOA: special.2010.07.25

Since I have not been informed that South Carolina declared war on the United States, I can only believe that this hostile act was done without your knowledge or permission.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

"The Affordable Health Care for America Act is a piece of legislation that will provide stability and security for Americans who have insurance, quality affordable options for those who don't and bring down the cost of health care for families, business and our government while strengthening the financial health of Medicare."

VOA: special.2009.11.13

"Since 2004 we have been working closely with international agencies to gather intelligence to overcome any potential terrorism act."

VOA: standard.2010.06.02

Their demand is that Congress act now to expand health-care insurance to the estimated 47 million Americans who do not have it.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

Mr.Obama,Vice President Joe Biden and senior administration officials have been holding events in several states, promoting the results of the Recovery Act.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

"And,the President's budget for 2009 in the recovery act had the largest increase for R&D that we have seen in recent years."

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

Other experts do not believe the Taliban in Pakistan have the resources for such an act.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

Child rights campaigners have hailed the act, but they also point out that many challenges lie ahead in turning the legal right into a reality.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Your committee is concerned that in not one single case of a trial that has taken place to date, have they actually been charged with a terrorist act.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

Once we have those facts, we must act upon them,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

"Thus far,we have allocated over $620 billion of the Act, and as a result, the Recovery Act is responsible for somewhere between 2.3 and 2.8 million jobs that were either saved or created."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

"So that the perpetrators of this act will be taken to court and that the process of the law must take its place and those who have committed this terrible act must face the law and face the punishment that they deserve."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

He qualifies exhumations as a humanitarian act that allows families to close what he calls the circle of pain and mourning in which they have been caught for a quarter of a century, and says it was unthinkable as recently as a few years ago that investigations into war crimes would have been allowed in this country.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18