Listeners loved it when Jack Benny and Fred Allen would say bad things about each other on their shows.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

One headstone says that Lincoln believed the system of slavery was founded on both injustice and bad policy.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

Economists blamed the crisis on different causes, including high energy costs, bad weather and the use of food-crop lands for biofuel production.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

On his second day as president, Lincoln received some bad news from Fort Sumter at Charleston,South Carolina.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

On the other hand,she says, having to go elsewhere for activities is not necessarily a bad thing.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

He fights against bad people or super villains with the help of other down-on-their-luck superheroes.

VOA: special.2010.11.22

This will have a bad effect on the mountain's ecosystems and on Tanzania's travel industry.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

Many adults said he and his music were bad influences on young people.

VOA: special.2010.04.04

Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson went on to produce a series of successful films, including Bad Boys, Crimson Tide and Dangerous Minds. The Rock was the team's last film together before the unexpected death of Don Simpson in nineteen ninety-six.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

Donohue said it was a bad idea because the costs would simply be passed on to consumers.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

Around the world, cesarean births are on the rise, and many experts think that's a bad thing.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

Strauss-Kahn said the pace of global recovery depends significantly on the effectiveness of measures to dispose of bad loans currently on the books of major banks.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

"At the time these payments were made they were ill advised - bad judgment on the part of these companies, but they didn't violate any statute.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

"The circumstances of your life what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going on at home that's no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08