It is often a winning card. In one kind of poker game, the first card to each player is given face down.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

Each year the award is given to a charitable or non-governmental organization working to end human suffering.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

Government approval is given on a case-by-case basis.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

The other test is given on a computer.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

The award is given every two years.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

Consideration is given to an equitable geographical distribution and a candidate's contribution to the maintenance of international peace and security.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Much of the garden's output is given away for free.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

But if a farmer is given the opportunity to access and then makes a decision to buy, I think that's the real proof that this is something that's beneficial to them."

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

"And this is why we are asking the United States to ensure that material assistance and training that is given to security forces in Somalia are accompanied by vetting of personnel and the creation of specific mechanisms to respond to serious abuses when they occur,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

The first step uses a bit of influenza DNA to get the patient's immune system to begin fighting off the flu, and then the protection is given a "boost" some time later by the second step, which can be either another bit of DNA or a conventional flu vaccine.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

"A sense that a step is made to release prisoners, and the government is trying to build some bridges in certain areas, but at the same time, the revolutionary side is given its moment in which Fidel Castro is able to excoriate the United States and to continue to lay out the revolutionary credentials, or Cuba's role as a leader of the Third World."

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

He says the decision to cooperate on economic policy is important given how much Gross Domestic Product the G20 represents.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

The Green Revolution is the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

"This is quite an unacceptable situation given the fact that we are all living in modern world.

VOA: special.2010.03.15