In nineteen eighty-three, the project was turned into an independent bank owned mainly by its borrowers.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

At one such meeting on Tuesday morning in Pennsylvania, Senator Arlen Spector - a Republican, recently-turned-Democrat came face-to-face with a screaming protester.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

In what critics deemed well-orchestrated political theater a controversial candidate abandoned further attempts to prevent arrest and turned himself in while a rowdy crowd of supporters cheered.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

But Samaranch turned the IOC into a financially independent organization with billions of dollars in commercial revenues - and an audience that reaches every corner of the world.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

Reddy - a devout Christian in a Hindu-majority country turned from medicine to politics in his home state and became one of the most influential leaders in the Congress Party.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

The U.S.says he defected to America. And,in still another new twist, Amiri has turned up here - at the Iranian interests section of the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, where he is reportedly requesting repatriation.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13