And the Reverend Jesse Jackson commented in a statement about what her small act of bravery meant for African-American people.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

I hope that the people will understand that I act not in anger, but in expectation of a greater good."

VOA: special.2009.10.08

In eighteen ninety, when the Silver Purchase Act was passed, the government held almost two hundred ninety million dollars in gold.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

He said: "If my men starve in the streets of Washington, the smell of their bodies will force Congress to act."

VOA: special.2010.06.24

W.H.O.special adviser Keiji Fukuda said last week that the virus has continued to act in some ways like seasonal flu.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

For example, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law in February dealt with this issue.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

The mind is the collection of activities based in the brain that involve how we act, think,feel and reason.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

This act of peaceful disobedience started protests in Montgomery that led to legal changes in minority rights in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

In this way, the case could be settled without deciding on the power of Congress to act on slavery in the territories.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

The puppeteers train for many years to move as one in bringing the puppet to life to act in complex theater productions.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

The two time periods tested whether people were more likely to act differently in the short term than in the long term.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

There are some organizations in the United States that act as watchdogs, rating the financial health of charities.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

With orders from President Obama to act in such a situation, they opened fire, killing three Somalis.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Still,even President Obama left open the possibility when he signed the recovery act into law in February.

VOA: special.2009.07.10