So she drove him home. If my brother had driven home from the bar that night, his number would have been up.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

But some take effect quickly. For example,in six months the new law will bar insurance companies from denying coverage to children with pre-existing health conditions.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

It would also bar insurance companies from denying coverage based on pre-existing medical conditions, and would limit their ability to impose large rate increases.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

Mr.Obama also says he wants to bar big banks from financial trading for their own benefit.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

The bar is called Pewex, the name of a chain of hard-currency stores from the communist era where Poles could buy Western products if they had the dollars.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

(Speaking in Polish) On one of Warsaw's popular party streets, young people crowd into a bar where everything from the derelict retro furniture to propaganda posters is designed to remind you of the 1970s.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

"We wanted to raise the bar a bit and right from the way in which we recruited the communications staff, to my own commitment to French, we've tried to build a communications team that is fluently bilingual.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

While the House bill would immediately bar private insurance companies from denying coverage or raising insurance premiums based on age or gender, the Senate would wait until 2014 for this to take effect, except for children who would be covered immediately.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25