He said the people of a state or territory had the right to decide for themselves.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

Some northern senators believed that Chief Justice Taney would decide for slavery.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

Individual school districts will have to decide for themselves.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

"That has to be as part of a larger process of trying to give Muslims in that region not just a voice in the political process, but give them an opportunity to actually decide for themselves who it is that they want to lead them."

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

A study was made to decide which would be a better place for the canal -- Panama or Nicaragua.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

Habeas corpus is a legal term for the right to have a judge decide if a person is being detained lawfully.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

But it was hard for the judges to decide about most other traits under the controlled conditions.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

When the project is completed, farmers will be able to get information that will help them decide what to plant and how to care for their land.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

He says it will be difficult for Iraqi security forces to stop Sunni attacks, unless Sunnis themselves decide to stop them as they did in two thousand seven.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

Food production increased. Now,rinderpest expert John Anderson calls the end of the disease "the biggest achievement in veterinary history" Officials say they must still decide where to keep some of the virus and infected tissue for future research.

VOA: special.2010.11.02

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the leader of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, says President Obama is right to decide strategy, then troop strength, for Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

"It is a lot easier for firms to make the decision not to lay someone off than it is actually to decide to take someone on,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

They say negotiators for both sides will try to decide on an even lower number of nuclear weapons and verification provisions to be included in the new treaty.

VOA: standard.2009.04.08

But this is no reason for complacency. Our figures for 2009 and 2010 will decide whether Europe meets its target of official development of 0.56 percent of gross national income by 2010."

VOA: standard.2009.04.09