And among the conversations I had with my Chinese colleagues was the very close relationship between Dewey's ideas and those of Confucius.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

The 405 will close for sixteen kilometers between the city's Westside and the San Fernando Valley.

VOA: special.2011.07.16

It explains her discoveries about chimp behavior, including the extremely close relationship between mother and child.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

Officials could close shipping connections between Lake Michigan and the upper Mississippi River system.

VOA: special.2009.12.15

He says there is a close link between these goals and combating child labor.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

It shows the close relationship between the guitarist and the guitar.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

That could happen later this month. The government now thinks close to five million barrels of oil leaked into the gulf between April and the middle of July, when the spill was contained.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

Critics say the similarities between the two leaders also extend to their close relations with the United States and unpopular policies at home.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

How do you rebalance that divide? And,on a larger level, how do you close the gap between the developing economies of APEC with the developed economies of APEC."

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

"The major parts of health-care reform that the president sought to have enacted as a candidate are now very close to happening and he thinks the commonality between the two proposals overlaps quite a bit,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.27

Many political analysts say that close cooperation between Beijing and Washington in issues ranging from the global economic slowdown to North Korea's nuclear arms make it unlikely the two countries will engage in a punitive trade war.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

"With this blockade against building materials, it seems hard to see how America's pledge of $10 million is going to make any difference unless, because of the close relationship between America and Israel, there's some kind of agreement that this $10 million for UNRWA schools in Gaza will go through."

VOA: standard.2010.06.17