Paying out lots of cash, unless you really have to, is not in the interest of the firm and is not in the interest of the public."

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

The declaration called on the people of the South to unite and be firm in their opposition to the North.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

The University of Illinois Extension service says you should harvest beans when the pods are firm and have reached their full length.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

Not surprisingly, radical Republicans held firm control in every one of the new governments.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Clay was a firm believer in the idea of compromise.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

So,first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-- nameless,unreasoning,unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."

VOA: special.2011.03.17

So,first of all,let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless,unreasoning,unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."

VOA: special.2011.05.19

"What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility Ca recognition on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task."

VOA: special.2009.01.24

"Never in the 17 years of climate change negotiations have so many different nations made so many firm pledges together,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

He says he wants to ensure that the failure of a single, large financial firm would not threaten the entire economy.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

The teen from a low-income home in Miami was not a typical client of a international law firm like Greenberg Traurig.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

Shares of Goldman Sachs fell for a second day Monday following accusations on Friday that the U.S.investment firm defrauded investors.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

"They believe in me." TB has a firm grip on the township of Khayelitsha on the outskirts of Cape Town.

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

But he says the firm position of the regional alliance is to respect the democratic rules of the game and the constitution.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14