"It is a lot easier for firms to make the decision not to lay someone off than it is actually to decide to take someone on,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

Delegates to the convention would make the final decision if South Carolina would remain in the Union or secede.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

The parents find a way to pay for their endless medical expenses that requires them to make a very difficult moral decision.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

But he believed that the people of a territory had the right to make their own decision to accept or reject slavery.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

America's third party at that time -- The People's Party -- had a difficult decision to make.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

They promised to make a fair and honest decision on the guilt or innocence of Andrew Johnson.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

We came down temporarily last summer and made the decision to make it permanent, and we actually drove from Houston to Cabo San Lucas."

VOA: special.2011.06.13

The judge explains the laws that govern the decision the jury is asked to make.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

The commander of federal troops at Fort Sumter had a difficult decision to make.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

In the end,Eddie must make an impossible decision between love and betrayal.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

The convention would make the final decision on leaving the Union.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

She says she does not understand why weeks of meetings are needed in order for the U.S.government to make a decision.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

The president has been reluctant to make a decision while Afghanistan's political future was in doubt.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

"And I am grateful for their decision as well as all the Democrats who have worked so hard to make this reform a reality."

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

Mr.Obama said once the decision is made he will make sure the American public fully understands the new war strategy and all it entails.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

Mr.Hatoyama has signaled he will seek to make the U.S.relationship less central to Japan's decision-making.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

The judge explained that the patient had the mental capacity to make an informed decision.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

Brown also says 55 percent in his poll trust the president to make the right decision on Afghanistan, while 81 percent have trust in military leaders to make the right recommendations on troop levels.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09