Here is the Dave Brubeck Quartet with their signature piece,"Take Five."

VOA: special.2009.06.08

A John Hancock is a person's signed name a signature.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

The president's signature domestic policy initiative, health care reform, faces one last round of congressional negotiation and debate before approval.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

But the signature quality of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, says Nelson Mandela,is a readiness to take unpopular stands without fear,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

The actress is no stranger to action films and she has her own signature in fight sequences and stunts.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

In his speech on Thursday, President Obama challenged those lawmakers who are campaigning to undo his signature domestic issue.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

He says Poland is now ready to be a responsible co-leader in Europe, and this signature is proof of that.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

Now the only signature missing is that of Czech President Vaclav Klaus, who has also expressed concerns about a more powerful EU.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

House and Senate bills would be subject to further negotiations in conference committee before any legislation would go to the president for signature.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Researchers at Boston University have identified a kind of genetic signature in people who are likely to live to age 100 or older.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

The measure then would have to be reconciled with the House-passed legislation before a final bill is sent to President Obama for his signature.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

While it marks a return to his blues roots, it also contains the band's signature rock and roll sound on tracks like "Rock Me Baby."

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

The Senate and House versions of the legislation would have to be reconciled before a final bill is sent to President Obama for his signature.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

Whatever reform plan emerges from the various House and Senate committees would need to pass both houses of Congress before going to Mr.Obama for his signature.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

Zambia's President Rupiah Banda was one of the first to affix his signature.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Health care reform bills have to be passed in both chambers and then reconciled into one piece of legislation and approved before it can go to the president for his signature.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Clinton said the two countries, which had frosty relations during the Cold War era and beyond, still differ on some key issues but that their new partnership has the potential to be a "signature accomplishment" of the two governments.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

Malashenko adds that shooting in Chechnya will not stop with the wave of a wand, or with a signature on a piece of paper, but Kadyrov will,nonetheless, try to show Moscow he can keep control of the republic with his own forces.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

If both chambers can pass legislation, lawmakers would still have to work out differences between the versions before they could send a final bill to President Obama for signature, something he has said he wants to do before the year ends.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08