If westerners voted for the tariff measure, then eastern lawmakers would support a silver purchase bill that the westerners wanted.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

"One of the really frustrating things for patients with fibromyalgia is that there's nothing to measure in labs or in X-rays.

VOA: special.2011.08.02

The measure includes ten billion dollars for education and sixteen billion for Medicaid, the joint state-federal government medical program for the poor.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

That's not what we have. It's a state-driven measure. High standards,challenging work for young people across the country.

VOA: special.2011.06.09

They should also measure what students have learned for example, through some form of examinations or papers.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

American officials say it will take at least two years for what one official called a meaningful measure of progress toward long-term stability.

VOA: special.2009.05.09

Soil should also be tested for its pH level, a measure of the acid and alkaline balance.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

The measure calls for one and a half billion dollars a year for five years.

VOA: special.2009.05.09

Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of these United States, is everlasting in the memory of his countrymen, for on the battleground at Gettysburg this is what he said: He said: "That from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion: that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain;

VOA: special.2011.02.07

It is rather for us,the living, we here be dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that,from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here, gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve these dead shall not have died in vain;

VOA: special.2011.02.07

It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation,under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people,for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

VOA: special.2009.11.12

Republicans don't like the bill. Senator Mitch McConnell claims the proposed measure only opens the door for future bailouts.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

Democrats in the House of Representatives announced they had reached a compromise on just how to pay for the costly reform measure.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

The measure would triple nonmilitary aid to $1.5 billion annually for five years, and urges an additional five years of funding after that.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

"All of this is contributing to an underground, sort of 'black' economy, which is very difficult for any of us to measure and gauge.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

demand for illegal drugs is in large measure responsible for the problem.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

Senator Romero says her measure highlights a concern for victims of asbestos.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26