Critics accused the Obama administration of holding a double standard by being more lenient on financial institutions also receiving federal assistance.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

Zuckerberg,Facebook's CEO, "People have really gotten connected, not only sharing more information and different kinds but being more open and with more people.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

According to the group's report, only another war-ravaged state, Somalia,is perceived as being more corrupt.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

"But overall,it's good. Thanks to the Americans with Disabilities Act, we are being more accepted.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

"Being more socially engaged in your community - maybe in environments which aren't always just the same, a little bit more challenging socially - may be a very good thing.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

"And what did you think of it?" "I loved the movie. Of course,being a true story made me more interested.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

The Florida,for example, captured more than thirty ships before being captured itself off the coast of Brazil in eighteen sixty-four.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

"We can do more good setting an example and being friends and business associates than we can by ostracizing them."

VOA: special.2010.02.04

About a year ago, more than eighty children in Nigeria died after being given medicine for teething pain.

VOA: special.2010.02.22

Some are still being treated for the emotional trauma of being trapped more than half a kilometer underground.

VOA: special.2011.08.12

But a recent study warned that more children than necessary are being exposed to radiation this way.

VOA: special.2009.10.28

These trade disputes between China and Britain resulted in China being forced to open more of its ports to trade with western countries.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

While the World Cup is being played in South Africa, our listener wants to know more about the famous American soccer player Cobi Jones.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

But after more than one hundred thirty flights, the space shuttles are being retired this year.

VOA: special.2010.04.28