Like any other business, newspapers have to balance their needs with the needs of their customers -- the readers they need to keep.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

More than three-fourths had to pay finance charges last year because they carried a balance.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

But it has been effective. It has helped to balance a potentially disruptive tension between the desires of a minority and the broader interests of our all-volunteer force."

VOA: special.2010.02.06

Batstone-Carr says he thinks BP is strong enough to sustain this double-blow to its bank balance and its reputation.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

"They are well-armed. They are well-organized. And so they balance out the advantages to a large extent that the state has."

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

Because it's absolutely essential that the political side should be going which is to create counter-balance against Baitullah Mehsud."

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

But the ideological balance on the court that favors the five-member conservative majority is not expected to change.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

And developers,logging companies, and strip-mine operators on the edge of the swamp can easily upset the delicate balance of nature in the area.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

South Korean Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-hyun,the host, says leaders have agreed to strike a balance.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

Leonardo DiCaprio said even though they had all read the script, he and the rest of the cast were often kept off-balance while making the film because of those multiple realities.

VOA: standard.2010.02.27

Jon Alterman says King Abdullah is striking a delicate balance between the two powers - because China needs Saudi oil and the Saudis need U.S.security to keep the oil flowing worldwide.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

The leatherback turtles feed on jellyfish so they bring the balance - if they are not there, it means there will be a jellyfish explosion and that will not be good for the whole functioning of the marine environment."

VOA: standard.2010.07.15