"We're at a point in time when we think we have a real opportunity because with the signing of this joint declaration, the parties are coming together and saying that we share a common commitment to address the situation and to offer children better hope for the future through education."

VOA: special.2010.10.26

"Brazil considers it unnatural to rush to sanctions before the parties concerned can sit and talk about the implementation of the declaration."

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

He noted discussions are underway between the parties involved and he wants them to bear fruit.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

"They feel like the parties are so selfish they can't even work together."

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

The U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has strongly opposed the parties.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

(Voice) On flu and parenting Web sites, the parties are being debated as a way to gain immunity to more severe versions of the virus that might emerge later.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

A close result would force the parties to share power.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

Advisor to the president Rajendra Dahal says a move to install a new majority government is required under the Interim Constitution, since the parties refused to meet the president's Saturday midnight deadline to form a coalition by consensus.

VOA: standard.2009.05.10

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday after a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi that the parties to the Chinese-sponsored negotiations on North Korea's nuclear program are united in their opposition to the missile launch.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

Clinton,in a talk with reporters here, said she has been involved in intensive telephone diplomacy with President Karzai and his main election rival, former Afghan foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, and is encouraged by what she has heard from the parties.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

In remarks at the end of the Beijing talks, Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo said ensuring peace and security on the Korean peninsula is "critical" and urged the parties to "calmly and properly handle the issue and avoid escalation of tension."

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

It was a party of protest, formed by men who refused to support either of the two old parties.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

Public protest was so great that both parties in the eighteen eighty-eight elections promised to pass a federal law against trusts.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

Both parties -- the Whigs and the Democrats -- had the same number of senators on the committee.

VOA: special.2009.03.05