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

Mexicans were also the largest group in the Midwest and in two states in the Northeast.

VOA: special.2011.06.13

"The United States believes that negotiations should result in two states, with permanent Palestinian borders with Israel,Jordan and Egypt, and permanent Israeli borders with Palestine.

VOA: special.2011.05.21

Lake Champlain borders two states, New York and Vermont, and Quebec, Canada.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

"We believe since a long time that peace is possible and the vision of two states is the best thing.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

"What we are ready for, is for a just peace: Two states living side by side, on a real basis and real conditions."

VOA: standard.2009.10.31

The U.S.president's affirmation of the need for two states was welcomed by the Palestinians.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

Two states banned them outright. Those laws were rendered invalid for married women by a 1965 Supreme Court decision and the ruling was expanded in 1972 to cover all women.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

Lieberman said Israel is not bound to abide by the terms of the 2007 Annapolis Declaration, in which Israel and the Palestinians agreed to pursue the goal of two states.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

And on six Sunday nights a year, ballroom dancers from as far away as St.Louis - two states away in Missouri - once again head to downtown Indianapolis to swing to the music of big bands and rekindle memories of long-ago dances and romances at the Roof.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

The Census Bureau says swimming was the third most popular sports activity in the United States in two thousand seven.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

Three scientists based in the United States have won the two thousand nine Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

So far,DNA testing has cleared the term is exonerated more than two hundred forty people in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.10.03

A new report says the number of foreign students in the United States reached a record high in two thousand eight.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

But the recession which began at the end of two thousand seven has not hurt all fifty states equally.

VOA: special.2009.05.08