Would the laws be decided by the Congress in Washington?

VOA: special.2009.04.30

The greatest tragedy of American history arguably is that this struggle could not be decided by debate.

美国历史上最大的悲剧可以说是,这场斗争不能由辩论来决定

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Anymore, then they will feel threatened by the fact that as a society we decided to ban that drug because of the deformities were caused.

不然，面对我们禁止使用镇静安眠药的决定,他们也会有威胁感,尽管禁止的原因是这种药物会导致胎儿畸形。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Vaccine court is a system where government attorneys defended a government program using government funded science, decided by government judges."

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

And then for some reason, that nobody understands, 16/15 he decided to multiply again by 16/15, and that's how we get 32 for freezing of water and 96 in his words for the temperature in the mouth or underneath armpit of a living man in good health.

然后，因为同样的原因，没人搞得明白，他决定再乘以，现在水的冰点变成了32度,而96度，拿他的话来说,是健康状况良好的人,口腔或腋窝的温度。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

Skiing,speed skating, luge and bobsled are all Winter Olympics sports usually decided by fractions of a second.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

You know, no one says that you can fire the head of the General Motors, by giving them this money, but once you decided they can do it, they can do it.

你知道，没有人说,你能让大众汽车的总裁走人，给他一笔钱，但一旦政府决定你能做，你就能做。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

By this time, Jackson had decided that Van Buren would be the best man to follow him as president.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Zach decided to help victims by walking around his area with his little red wagon collecting and giving out bottles of water.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

By the time the baby was a month old, the men decided he needed a name.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

In his research paper, Hubble said the issue could be decided only by more powerful instruments.

VOA: special.2009.04.29

By a vote of five to four, the conservative majority on the court decided yes.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

He decided there was no need to hurt Lee's pride by taking away his sword.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

Someone decided to heat the area by placing a charcoal grill inside the camper.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

If no other state decided to leave, then South Carolina would secede by itself.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

So,they decided to document these experiences by recording stories, taking pictures and collecting objects.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

The secretary of war decided that they would be tried by a military court.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

By this time, I had decided that I wanted no more of him.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

Crime was punished, or innocence was decided, by the result of chance.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

By this time,I had decided that I wanted no more of him.

VOA: special.2010.06.12

So John decided to go home by himself.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

So we decided it would be better not to settle a camp and leave these refugees to settle by themselves,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

He said Japan decided it can do more good by providing Afghanistan with substantial civilian assistance - $5 billion over the next five years.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

Having conquered the pop world, Jon decided to return to his jazz roots, inspired by such crooners as Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra and Joe Williams.

VOA: standard.2010.04.02

The hospital decided to memorialize Tye by performing a surgery he would have supported.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

That was when we decided to seek justice." In Moscow,the campaign has been fueled partly by an incident in February, when the Mercedes of the vice president of the oil company LUKoil, carrying a blue light, collided with a Citroen.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

"Because this is where the law can be changed by one decision of the nine judges and make us in unison with the majority of countries of the world who have already decided that killing is not right by the government,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said the EU has decided to earmark nearly $90 million in new humanitarian aid for people displaced by the conflict in Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley and other areas where the government is fighting a fierce Taliban insurgency.

VOA: standard.2009.06.17