The idea is to provide extremely poor people with small loans so they can start and operate a business.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

Conservatives object to the cost, and the idea of what they say is just another bailout for the car industry.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

The idea is that its removal from the body and purification makes it into something different that can be patented.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

Eliot Coleman is an organic farmer and a writer in Maine who has helped popularize the idea of four-season farming.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

The idea behind microfinance is to empower borrowers by helping them build a business which can create income and grow.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

For her the idea that birds have come from dinosaurs is just common knowledge and there's nothing surprising in that at all."

VOA: special.2009.12.01

The idea of admitting mistakes and finishing the business of the old year is found in many cultures.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

The idea is to look for ways to use modern information and communications technologies to strengthen health systems.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

The ruling is based on the idea in the United States and many other countries that a corporation is a legal person.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

It is meant to support the idea that traditional Christian beliefs can coexist with science and evolution.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

The idea is make the other players believe you have strong cards and are sure to win.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

In his speech Wednesday night, President Obama said the idea is only one part of his plan and should not be used as an excuse.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

When I wrote 'blue cathedral' there is a huge English horn solo in the middle of it, and that's actually the first idea I came up with."

VOA: special.2010.07.12

This idea is often described as "the separation of church and state."

VOA: special.2009.05.22