Gillian wrote a report of how he spent the thousand dollars: "Paid by Robert Gillian, one thousand dollars on account of the eternal happiness, owed by Heaven to the best and dearest woman on earth."

VOA: special.2011.08.13

A savings account is an excellent way to learn about the power of compound interest.

VOA: special.2011.04.22

She praised the government of Cap Verde for spending wisely money it is receiving from the U.S.Millennium Challenge Account.

VOA: standard.2009.08.16

This is on top of the 38,000 that are already there, taking into account a doubling over the past two years,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

Pneumonia and diarrhea account for over one third of all deaths among children under the age of five.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

U.S.oil companies account for half of the daily production in Angola, which now rivals Nigeria for the title of Africa's largest producer of oil.

VOA: standard.2009.08.10

To renegotiate or repudiate the institution's contracts and prevent certain financial contracts with the institution from being terminated on account of conservatorship or receivership,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

"With regards to Kashmir it remains our view a resolution of that issue has to take into account the wishes of the Kashmiri people,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.11

Foreign remittances from the diaspora now account for almost 20 percent of GDP by some estimates, and new cars frequent the streets of the capital.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

It says suicide deaths account for more than half of all violent deaths in the world more than all deaths from wars and homicides combined.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

A new ring is added every year, and thicker rings represent a kind of savings account, when the tree collects more nutrients than it can use.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

(Speaking in French) Boisserie argues the government is focusing too narrowly on the elite grandes ecoles, which account for just a small slice of French university graduates.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

U.S.auto dealers, already reeling from one of the worst sales slumps in more than two decades, say the eight models account for 56 percent of Toyota's U.S.sales.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

Mexico and the United States account for much of the increase.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30