Two states reject the idea. Critics say that working toward the same standards in every state will not guarantee excellence for all.

VOA: special.2010.03.25

He says this means establishing the rule of law, rejecting the idea of a police state and supporting the separation of power.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

American college students are expected to state their main idea at the beginning of the paper.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

In two thousand seven, five young people in the American state of Massachusetts developed an idea.

VOA: special.2009.02.02

He received permission from the state governor to test this idea at a prison.

VOA: special.2010.05.18

The president will soon offer some idea of how much his plans have or have not changed when he gives his State of the Union speech.

VOA: special.2011.01.10

This idea is often described as "the separation of church and state."

VOA: special.2009.05.22

"The idea of rolling back the state is really at the heart of the Cameron agenda."

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

The idea for the book on death row originated with Sam Houston State University English Professor Paul Ruffin, who teaches a class in which students develop a book from inception to printing.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21