But he says the Liberal Democrats left policymaking to aging politicians out of touch with the needs of the people.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

His Democratic Party of Japan ended more than fifty years of nearly continuous rule by the Liberal Democratic Party.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

Lately there have been accusations that some private, competitive liberal arts colleges are trying to avoid being seen as "too female."

VOA: special.2009.11.19

Some students come to study business or liberal arts or to attend the university's highly rated engineering school.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

Critics want more. Some liberal lawmakers have proposed measures such as letting the government negotiate lower drug prices.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

And liberal Democrats watched with concern as many of Franklin Roosevelt's old advisers left the government because they could not work with Truman.

VOA: special.2011.08.11

They earn credits toward an associate of arts degree in liberal arts from Patten University in Oakland,California.

VOA: special.2011.07.07

So they and the Liberal Democrats have formed Britain's first coalition government since World War Two.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

Liberal Democrats support the proposal for a self-supporting government insurance plan to compete with private ones.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

But the Republican victory in liberal Massachusetts was seen in large part as a sign of voter anger across the country about the economy.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

Judge Sotomayor would replace a justice who has generally voted with the liberal minority.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

Some Republicans have argued that Sonia Sotomayor is too liberal for the Supreme Court.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

The council is a nonprofit group that supports liberal arts education.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

Edward Kennedy was known as "the liberal lion of the Senate."

VOA: special.2009.08.29