Mister Veblen argued that people gathered wealth for the purpose of "conspicuous consumption."

VOA: special.2011.05.01

Coal fuels 70 percent of China's energy consumption, making the country the largest consumer and producer of coal in the world.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

Critics,including the Australian government, say the research argument is a cover for the sale and consumption of whale meat, which is banned under international regulations.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

In 1985,Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev ordered dramatic cuts in the production of wines and spirits and introduced strict controls on the public consumption of alcohol.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Beijing has refused to agree to cap its overall growth in its consumption of fossil fuels or reduce its emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

Choi Jong-kun, an international relations professor at Seoul's Yonsei University, thinks the declaration that Pyongyang violated international law is mainly for the consumption of angry South Koreans.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

"Close to 60 percent of our gold consumption happens in rural areas.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

In Asia,parts of South America, Russia and other former Soviet bloc countries, experts think a higher consumption of preserved and salted food and poorly refrigerated food could be links.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

And because of the stimulus package consumption activities are reasonably active."

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

Meanwhile,consumption of cereals and root crops has been fairly flat.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

Critics,including the Australian and New Zealand governments, say such arguments are a cover for the sale and consumption of whale meat, which is banned under an international moratorium on commercial hunting.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

(SPEAKING) He says it will not be a big part of national consumption, but Grand says it will certainly give other people the idea to do the same thing across West Africa.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08