He sent word to Grant that he was ready to discuss surrender.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

After a few minutes, Lee turned to Grant.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

"He would have gone out of his way to grant Senator Webb a meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi."

VOA: standard.2009.08.15

Gray stressed that, while the justice secretary was required to consider the application for compassionate release, he was not bound to grant it.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

Prosecutor Hildegard Uertz-Retzlaff accused Karadzic of manipulating the court, now that he has exhausted all the legal avenues to grant the extension he wants to prepare his case.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

The Saudi government has the power to grant or deny visas according to its own discretion, and the Saudis indicated last month that participation in this year's Hajj should be restricted.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

Nothing but surrender. Lee sent a note to General Grant asking to meet with him to discuss surrender terms.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

There they waited. As he had done in the wilderness and at Spotsylvania, Grant ordered his men to attack hard.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

On March fourth, eighteen sixty-nine, Ulysses Grant traveled to Washington for his inauguration as the eighteenth president of the United States.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

Republicans urged Union men to "vote as you shot" for Ulysses Grant the man who won the Civil War.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

He alone, of all those around the president, would argue with Grant when he believed him to be wrong.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

Vermont, however, still won the right for its researchers to ask for money under the National Sea Grant Program.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

He told Grant that his men would promise to stay out of the war if permitted to return to their homes.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

Grant had led the Union army of the North to victory over the Confederate army of the South during the Civil War.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

Wherever Grant went, former soldiers waited to shake the hand of the man who had led them to victory against the Confederacy.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

Many Americans blamed President Grant for not acting quickly enough to stop the activity of his two friends.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

They drove the Confederates back. Grant then ordered the rest of his army to cross to the east side of the river.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

Lee read it slowly. When he finished, Grant asked if the Confederate general wished to propose any changes.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

Graduate students who receive a grant get nine free credits to take courses.Undergraduates receive between one thousand and five thousand dollars in support.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

Grant wasted no time. He quickly sent troops to fight the Confederate force blocking the Tennessee River.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

Senator Leahy was trying to get research money for Lake Champlain from the National Sea Grant Program.

VOA: special.2010.08.30