An eighteen ninety-three guidebook called "Modern Etiquette in Public and Private" had this to say: "Long fingers are a sign of refinement.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

The private-public partnerships are designed to increase the availability of low cost vaccines in poor areas.

VOA: special.2010.03.29

Maya Lin has said that her work exists on the boundaries -- somewhere between science and art, art and architecture, public and private,east and west.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

Another step is to create a Public-Private Investment Fund.

VOA: special.2009.02.13

The U.S.plan includes setting up public-private investments to soak up as much as one trillion dollars in troubled loans and securities.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

And there are public-private grants to invest in economic empowerment, combat violence against women and improve access to education and health care.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

Public officials, the self-employed and those who earn more than about $70,000 a year can choose private insurance.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

They can send their children to secular, county-administered public schools or private academies while providing religious training at home or on weekends.

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

Other medical professionals say many work part-time at private hospitals and also serve in public hospitals.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

There is no large public ceremony expected, and it will be held as a private event on the heavily-guarded grounds of the presidential palace.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

Most contentious was the proposal for a government-run insurance option, also known as a public option, to give Americans a choice over private insurance companies.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

At the heart of the Geithner plan that is unjustified,". was too fragile, is a public-private partnership for buying the bad loans that have crippled U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

The two-day Forum for the Future brings together public and private sector leaders from the West Bank and Gaza as well as Afghanistan, Algeria,Bahrain,Egypt,Iraq,Jordan, Kuwait,Lebanon,and Libya.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Mr.Fillon said he prefers the idea of a public-private partnership to buy up the bad assets, and that this will prompt European countries to consider similar measures.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

"We have 10 percent that we have to work on, and we can do that." In his speech, Mr.Obama is expected to campaign for what is called the public option a government-run health insurance plan which would compete with private insurers.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08