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

VOA: special.2010.08.12

One platform declared that the people of a territory had the right to decide if slavery would be legal or illegal.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

Technology has also made it easier for other people to decide what to give the couple for a wedding gift.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

Play it by ear also means to decide what to do at the last minute instead of making detailed plans.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

Britain refused again. Finally,President Grover Cleveland asked the United States Congress to appoint a committee to decide the border.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

Missus Graham had to decide if the paper would publish the stories and risk possible punishment by the government.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

But later he chose surgery, because it lets him have more time to decide how to help his patients.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

Lincoln had to decide immediately what to do about the federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina: Fort Sumter.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

It said the people in those territories had the right to decide for themselves if slavery would be legal or illegal.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

The new bill gave the people of Kansas and Nebraska the right to decide if slavery would be legal or illegal.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

The experts also say there is not enough evidence to decide about the benefits and harms of testing women seventy-five or older.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

But in general these schools have greater freedom to decide what to teach and how to teach it.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

It says there is not enough evidence to decide about either digital mammography or magnetic resonance imaging instead of traditional film mammography.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

Douglas said the bill would give people in the Kansas and Nebraska territories the right to decide if slavery would be permitted.

VOA: special.2009.04.23