"What protects the lady is when the FBI does their background check, and if this guy's got a criminal record he's not going to be allowed to bring a lady here."

VOA: special.2011.02.14

That is,until this year, when fans were allowed to vote for their five favorite songs from a list of 100 titles.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

"This is because such failure, if it were allowed to occur, would have serious negative consequences for generations to come."

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

"How is it that a company can be allowed in this day and age to put people in this kind of a position.

VOA: standard.2010.04.27

This is the largest single group allowed to go home since a military campaign to defeat the Tamil Tiger rebels ended this May.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

At this point in time, they are only allowed to use the money for IMF purposes, to pay IMF staff or replenish accounts for use,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

Speaking by telephone from Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia, he told VOA this staggering amount of money allowed the Red Cross to undertake the biggest permanent housing program in its history.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

Saudi Arabia stipulated in July that no individuals under the age of 12 or over the age of 65 would be allowed to participate in this year's Hajj, due to swine flu concerns.

VOA: standard.2009.11.29

He qualifies exhumations as a humanitarian act that allows families to close what he calls the circle of pain and mourning in which they have been caught for a quarter of a century, and says it was unthinkable as recently as a few years ago that investigations into war crimes would have been allowed in this country.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18