When Dean sold his company in 1984, he continued to build on his acting career, that earlier included a supporting role in the 1971 motion picture, "Diamonds Are Forever."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

It means they go into a supporting role."

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

He is also a leader of a humanitarian aid organization that has been supporting a school in Haiti for years.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

Jennifer Higdon says the classical music world still has a way to go in supporting more women composers, as well as conductors.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

He says this means establishing the rule of law, rejecting the idea of a police state and supporting the separation of power.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

The department,through its Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, has been supporting a project in Michigan.That state has a short growing season.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

Liberal Democrats support the proposal for a self-supporting government insurance plan to compete with private ones.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

The action led to a court ruling supporting all native peoples throughout the Americas.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

The Oscar for Best Supporting Actress went to Mo'Nique, who plays the abusive mother of a troubled teenaged girl in "Precious."

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

The latest violence broke out Thursday after a Thai general supporting the protesters was shot, apparently by a sniper.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

The UDD and Puea Thai Party are supporting former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a coup in 2006.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

"Right now we have a little over two-thousand troops on the ground, another nine-thousand in the area on the ships supporting us,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

New Jersey Republican Leonard Lance joined a group of newly-elected House Republicans supporting a proposal to require the government to recover bonuses.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

Christoph Waltz earned the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a Nazi colonel in the World War II film "Inglourious Basterds."

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

"There is no way to say you are good Muslim because you are supporting me and you are a bad Muslim because you are resisting me."

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

In addition the prime minister has been criticized for supporting a controversial anti-missile defense system that the United States considers building in the Czech Republic and Poland.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

Otunbayeva says she and her deputies are running the country, but acknowledges there may be some armed elements still supporting the president, who is in a southern village.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

That situation has created much speculation about whether James will take his talent elsewhere in search of a better supporting cast to help him win an NBA crown.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

Maggie Gyllenhaal is a nominee for supporting actress for "Crazy Heart,"

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

The man in the soft felt hat, kneeling by the reclining woman and supporting her with an arm wrapped around her shoulders bears a striking resemblance to a certain fictional archaeologist.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

The Institute for Peace study argues that by keeping a tight rein on their people while supporting U.S.security interests in their regions, nations such as Yemen,Egypt, Jordan and Pakistan fan anti-American sentiments.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Thank you so much,". Iranian American actress Shoreh Aghdashloo was named best supporting actress in a miniseries or movie for her role as the wife of Saddam Hussein in House of Saddam.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

In an effort similar to action in the House of Representatives, a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation targeting Iran's gasoline imports, including companies supporting Iran's energy sector or insuring fuel shipments to Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

"That means they would receive a voucher, which they could use to purchase locally produced and local food on the market, thereby supporting the community market as well as receiving assistance with food.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

In an attempt to show they are serious about supporting a solution to the protracted Cyprus problem, Britain has renewed an offer to cede about half the territory of its bases in Cyprus.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

Public opinion surveys and focus groups in the Muslim world show a recurring sense that the United States puts forward liberal ideas of democracy, but then ignores them by supporting undemocratic regimes in the Muslim world.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

"We are committed to helping more Americans to get the health care coverage they need, not through nationalizing the system with a costly government-run plan, but rather by supporting free-market incentives to help small business owners to make coverage more accessible and affordable,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.08

"From our standpoint the bill is a very important step forward in terms of balancing the types of assistance that we would provide the Pakistan government supporting consolidation of democratic institutions, expanding the rule of law, building the capacity of government institutions, promoting respect for internationally-recognized human rights, promoting economic freedoms, sustainable economic development.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13