Conservatives object to the cost, and the idea of what they say is just another bailout for the car industry.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

A few of the stolen e-mails showed open dislike for scientists who oppose the idea of human-influenced global warming.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

Eliot Coleman is an organic farmer and a writer in Maine who has helped popularize the idea of four-season farming.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

The idea of her little family looking fresh and new for once in their lives made her restless with excitement.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

For many years after Mister Harrison's work was completed, the idea of using a clock to learn longitude was rejected.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

But during the Great Depression, Fred Allen had the idea of creating a series of complete stories and situations.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

That is when a government takes ownership of a private business, often with the idea of selling it back to investors later.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

Both were interested in the idea of making a textile piece from silk of the golden orb spider.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

The idea of admitting mistakes and finishing the business of the old year is found in many cultures.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Cass and Douglas supported the idea of letting the people of a territory decide if slavery would be permitted in that territory.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

Placing it there was the idea of Richard Wukich, an art professor at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania.

VOA: special.2009.06.22

He says this means establishing the rule of law, rejecting the idea of a police state and supporting the separation of power.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

One was the idea of voluntary relief societies to provide assistance to the wounded or other people.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

He became interested in the idea of sanitation after taking part in a research project on the social and political development of cities.

VOA: special.2010.03.15