Same thing on the labor side. So members of the union might be encouraged to contribute to the PAC -- it's called a P.A.C.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

But seeing the seriousness of his question,she said, "The mark has so often been called a charm that I was simple enough to imagine it might be so."

VOA: special.2009.09.26

He says so-called enemy combatants, foreign fighters captured on overseas battlefields, should not be granted the protections of the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

For example, there may be a correlation between maternal mortality and Caesarean births, or so-called "C-Sections."

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

Although many so-called "new" artists are veteran performers, the rules stipulate they may be considered if they achieved a significant breakthrough during the current eligibility period.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

"And so based on that moment, I wrote a song called 'Let him be first.' After all,he'll be the most hated and reviled man in all of England.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Pacific island territory of Guam. The move,aimed at reducing noise and other complaints of the so-called U.S."footprint" on Okinawa will be underwritten with nearly $3 billion provided from Japan.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

Secretary Gates said there are some "exaggerated concerns" in the region that a so-called "grand bargain" with Iran will be negotiated in secret and then sprung on the region without warning.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

"There is always a distinction that needs to be made between the so-called 'technical fence' and the international borders between Israel and Lebanon, and the area where the tree that was to be cut yesterday is Lebanese territory."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Dr.Sagir Ahmed of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano was one of the organizers and speakers at a conference on the challenges of diagnosing cancer in Nigeria: is the WHO says that 70% of the new cancers that will be seen in the future are going to be affecting individuals in the developing nations -- the so-called poorer segments of the world.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16