The government could also use violations of other federal laws such as the Clean Water Act to collect money for the spill.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

The puppeteers train for many years to move as one in bringing the puppet to life to act in complex theater productions.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

So he thinks it makes a lot of sense for today's barbers to act as "health care extenders" by sharpening their skills.

VOA: special.2010.10.27

She says the main value of the new credit card act is that it "provides an opportunity for consumers to have more information."

VOA: special.2009.05.22

President McKinley, without waiting for the Senate to act, ordered the American military government in Manila to extend its control throughout the Philippines.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

They did not wait for Norway or Belgium or the Netherlands to commit an act of war."

VOA: special.2010.01.31

Early in his career, he continued President Kennedy's desire for social change by helping to pass the Civil Rights Act of Nineteen Sixty-four.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

For the first time she seemed to be taking a rest from the tiring act of thought.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

Pfizer agreed to pay another billion for violations of a civil law, the False Claims Act.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

This is because it was against the law in England for women to act onstage.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

After his speech, religious leaders demonstrated to call for Congress to act this year.

VOA: special.2010.07.03

The plan succeeded. Some countries in Latin America and the Caribbean questioned the right of the United States to act as policeman for the Western Hemisphere.

VOA: special.2010.08.26

General McClellan kept making excuses for his failure to act.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

Secretary Hay refused to wait for them to act.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

Carlo Padoan,chief economist at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, says Greece must act quickly to reduce its debt.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

And I think that's the tangibility of the Act that's obvious for everyone to see."

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

Thornton says the new amendment to the Lacey Act is a wake-up call for anyone who wants to trade in the lucrative U.S.wood products market.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Everyone wants to export to the United States and that creates a huge incentive for producers and exporters to be in compliance with the U.S.Lacey Act.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

"You can't just preach lofty goals and wait for somebody else to act.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

To end this historic conflict, both sides must be historically bold, because if each waits stubbornly for the other to act first, this will go on and be waiting for an eternity."

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

which is featured on his new album Nobody Left to Crown,Meanwhile, in a role he seems to relish, Havens will continue to act as a benign, bearded ambassador for the Woodstock state of mind.

VOA: standard.2009.08.15

"When he selected his models, he had them audition to make sure they could do the facial expressions he wanted, that they could act out the body language he wanted for a particular picture."

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

"The recommendations are very clear." "For a country like Greece, you need to act on the fiscal side, and therefore addressing very forcefully the root causes of your fiscal problems through spending cuts and increasing taxation."

VOA: standard.2010.03.11