City officials believed that offering promotions based on the results would violate the nineteen sixty-four Civil Rights Act.

VOA: special.2009.07.03

It is a scenario that has become all but routine - an act of piracy on the high seas by Somalis.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

Israel says its three-week assault on the Gaza Strip was an act of legitimate self-defense in response to years of Palestinian rocket attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

The Senate could act on the $91-billion bill to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and provide aid to Pakistan as early as this week.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20