"Every time Americans debate the problem of states' rights, the relationship of federal power to state power -- which we are indeed having a roiling debate again -- and every time we debate not only race relations, but the very idea of what it means to be an American, multi-racial,greatly diverse society, we are debating the direct legacies of the Civil War."

VOA: special.2011.04.09

Wang says that as the biggest developing country and biggest developed country, the mutual economic relationship of the United States and China is having an impact on the entire world.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

General McChrystal was one of the relatively few American officials to develop a good relationship with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

The researchers used a national long-term survey of adolescent health to investigate the relationship between media use and depression.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

And among the conversations I had with my Chinese colleagues was the very close relationship between Dewey's ideas and those of Confucius.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

The researchers say they did not find any such relationship with the use of other media such as movies,video games or radio.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

But,they feel that the best way to make this happen is to act as if they disapprove of any relationship between their two children.

VOA: special.2010.05.24

The Justice Department says domestic violence can be defined as a pattern of abusive behavior used by one partner in any relationship to control another partner.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

But the prime minister campaigned on a promise of a "more equal" relationship.

VOA: special.2009.11.21

The three then accused Motown of dishonesty and violating their business relationship.

VOA: special.2009.05.11

"What we showed is that for students who are highly test-anxious, who'd done our writing intervention, all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance.

VOA: special.2011.01.20

And as each study does more detailed analyses of special groups or a different way of making the measurements, it just makes the scientific basis for this relationship a lot more convincing."

VOA: special.2011.07.27

"There's unequivocal relationship between use of antibiotics in animals and transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria causing adverse effects in humans."

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

As reporters and cameras were briefly ushered into the room, the president spoke of the strategic relationship between the two countries.

VOA: standard.2009.06.03