Another finding is that people who are married or work together do not have as much of an effect on happiness as friends do.

VOA: special.2009.01.21

More than half of them sold their work or gave it away to family and friends.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

The volunteers learn about local culture and make friends as they work in the community.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

Their friends work out a plan to make the two secretly fall in love.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

Most of my friends work to earn enough money to live.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

To his friends,family and colleagues, Norman Borlaug was a marvel, continuing to work on agricultural projects and academic pursuits as he reached the age of 95.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Mayor Bandic is a controversial figure with media reports that he fled police after being caught driving drunk and allegations he fixes bids for city work projects linked to his friends, while overpaying his aids.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

"This is a rough-and-tumble place and it's nice to come back to two people who care about me, who care about my success, who care about the difficulties I might be having either at work or at home and just to have two friends who are a sounding board."

VOA: standard.2010.08.07