In addition, Islamic finance differs from conventional Western methods by focusing on profit-sharing, with wealth generated through trade and investment in assets, such as property or commodities.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

Felgenhauer says decisions about such matters in Russia are made behind closed doors and are not always fully thought through, which he characterizes as a feature of authoritarian regimes.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

"The biggest area of progress is giving Afghans the ability to actually change their own future, through education, through training of teachers, through economic opportunities such as the rehabilitation of the Dahla Dam, restoring agriculture."

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

And in my repertoire I do 'I've Grown Accustomed to His Face to her version. Personal friends such as Marjorie Andrews, who was introduced to Horne thirty years ago through family relations, were also in attendance.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15