So it's not necessarily imposing other religions on them, but just kind of creating a sense of awareness in celebration of how different and diverse just within our classroom we are."

VOA: special.2009.12.24

Most analysts view it more as a movement of various local groups with the common aim of imposing Islamic-based rule.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

Under the controversial pact, the government agreed to the cleric's main demand of imposing Islamic law in the insurgency-hit districts.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

McCain said the United States, France,Britain and Germany should not wait for the United Nations before imposing their own stepped-up sanctions regime.

VOA: standard.2010.04.14

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has insisted,repeatedly, that Iraq's security forces are capable of imposing law and order.

VOA: standard.2009.06.01

Although smaller than the MRAP, the M-ATV is still an imposing vehicle, half-again as tall as the average person and weighing in at 18 metric tons.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

"A sentence of 15 years imprisonment is not disproportionate to the crime and the needs of society so that an injustice would be done by imposing that sentence."

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

"By imposing a tax on every American who drives a car or flips on a light switch, this plan will drive up the prices for food, gasoline and electricity,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.27

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat says his side is not imposing conditions.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

President Obama said the current system has led the country to a breaking point, imposing hardships on middle-class Americans who struggle to pay for health care, who are unable to obtain it.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

While 29 of the 50 U.S.states have laws that protect the rights of smokers, Weyco an insurance benefits administrator in Michigan, began imposing random smoking tests in 2005 on its own employees.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

Majority Democrats in the House and Senate crafted various legislative proposals that would try to recover funds by imposing sharp taxes on bonuses paid by companies that were rescued by government bail out money.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

"I think there are many who realize that constantly imposing demands on the Iranians which they either have no intention or the capacity to fulfill for domestic political reasons has not gotten us very far over the last three or four years,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.19