The northern victory had settled for all time the question of whether states could leave the Union.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

America's true unemployment rate may, in fact,be higher than the number provided by the Labor Department, which does not include people who searched for work in vain and have given up, or those who settled for part-time work.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

For a while, they settled in the state of Illinois, in a town they built and called Nauvoo.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

Calhoun said that for a long time he had believed that the dispute over slavery -- if not settled -- would end in disunion.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

This legal battle continued for years before being settled out of court.

VOA: special.2009.05.11

She settled into forms she used for the rest of her life.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

(SAYING) This month, Spiegler and his art law colleagues at New York from Herrick,Feinstein in settled one of art law's most vexing, prolonged cases for the heirs of a Jewish Austrian art dealer.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

The issue is far from being settled. The United States has called for Israel to freeze settlement construction, but in response Israel insisted the freeze would be time-limited and exclude settlements currently under construction.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

But those in favor and those opposed seem to agree on one thing: the matter must be settled quickly so it doesn't hang over the AU agenda, taking up valuable time at summits for years to come.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02