In criminal cases,suspects who do not have enough money for a lawyer are given one free of charge to represent them.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

The National Hockey League in the United States is again permitting its players to represent their native countries in the Olympics.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

At first, nineteen-year-old Kevin Schumann easily avoided large, inflatable dolls thrown in front of the car to represent children.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

A new report says Mexicans now represent one-third of all immigrants in the United States -- by far the largest nationality group.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

They must be at least twenty-five years old, an American citizen for at least seven years and live in the state they represent.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

In two thousand seven, Haitian President Rene Preval appointed Wyclef a traveling ambassador to represent the country.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

The thirty-five thousand works of art in the museum represent thousands of years of human culture and come from all over the world.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

They represent about sixty percent of the estimated twelve million illegal immigrants in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

The writers discuss how women represent the most pressing human rights problem in the world.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

Prescription drugs represent only about one-tenth of all health care spending in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

The scientists say the monkeys represent an important step in how researchers study human disease.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

But he says opponents of the college represent a minority opinion in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

"I had to take a chance that Stanley is going to represent a key moment in the history of American technology that indicates the future of driving.

VOA: special.2011.06.21

"These reforms represent the strongest consumer financial protections in history -- in history."

VOA: special.2010.07.23