He has built a thriving wholesale business, but not without setbacks.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

The Clinton visit was not without discord, with India saying flatly Sunday it intends to stand firm against western demands that it accept binding limitations on the growth of its greenhouse gas emissions.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

Even if the south could secede without war,he said, it still would not get any of the things it demanded.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

He has not stepped back from his policy of seeking to work with Iran after thirty years without diplomatic ties.

VOA: special.2009.06.20

Medical workers in Haiti are now trying to spread the message not to use river water without some form of purification.

VOA: special.2010.11.10

The band's music is considered so influential that some critics say punk rock would not exist without the Stooges.

VOA: special.2010.03.19

Jackson could not trust them. And he wanted to get them out of the cabinet, but without a political fight.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

He knew not why. There in the black darkness by the side of the body, he remembered everything without a shock.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

The largest object ever put into space -- the International Space Station -- could not have been built without the shuttle program.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

The sound of American blues music would not be the same without the sad cry of the guitar.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

After her death, the employees of The Washington Post wrote: "A world without Katharine Graham will not be the same at all."

VOA: special.2009.04.26

But he said the nation must not forget the near-collapse of the banking system in two thousand eight without fixing its causes.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

But those observations were made years ago and NASA scientists had not trusted the results without clear confirmation.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

Still,medical experts say people should not take aspirin for disease prevention without first talking to a doctor.

VOA: special.2009.10.20