He declared military rule in a large area of South Carolina.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

And it promised them self-rule in the future.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

Actual modernization,says Nemtsov, is impossible without naming and removing the people responsible for the stagnation and authoritarian rule in the first place.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

(Sound) Twenty years ago, thousands of students braved riot police in Prague, demanding an end to decades of communist rule in what was then Czechoslovakia.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

In the early years of communist rule in China, a sewing machine was one of the so-called big items that indicated a high living standard.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

In July 1989, Mr.Gorbachev formally renounced the so-called Brezhnev Doctrine, a policy which had justified the Soviet imposition of communist party rule in the East European satellite states.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

"I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

"You know my rule,Andy. In all illegal activities, we must obey the law, in every detail.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

The Spanish government promised the Cuban people equal rights and self-rule -- but in the future.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

They would rule that the Constitution did not give Congress power over slavery in the territories.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

They said former black slaves in the south had gained a lot under Republican rule.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

The Kentucky high court decided that in loco parentis justified that rule.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

Some newspapers in colonial America supported British rule.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

That is the largest parliamentary majority since Hungary's first democratic elections in 1990, following decades of Communist rule.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29