Robow is reported to be in favor of engaging in talks with al-Shabab rivals and maintaining a popular backing for the militant group.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

The old gold standard was supposed to maintain the convertibility of gold in currency but now we're not even backing it with currency anymore with gold anymore ? so what does it mean?

旧的金本位制度目的在于,保持金子与货币的转换功能,但是现在我们甚至都,不用货币来支持它了，或是用金子,所以这意味着什么呢？

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Specter had been a Republican senator up until last year, when he switched to the Democratic Party, with the backing of President Barack Obama.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

But the BJP,after some initial waffling, is backing Gandhi, apparently believing the controversy surrounding him and his alleged remarks will strike a positive chord with some Hindus.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

The move had the backing of communist and socialist military officers, but he soon fell out with his supporters, embracing an alliance with the United States and surviving coup attempts by communist officers.

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

"We are not backing away. We are going full steam ahead with our programs in Iran and across the region,again in order to create that space for civil societies to actually play the proper role that we would all understand in building more accountable democratic governing institutions,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.28