President Obama favors major government spending to spur growth, while many European leaders want more emphasis on regulatory reform.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

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"But to spur lending to small businesses, it is essential that we make more credit available to the smaller banks and community financial institutions that these businesses depend on,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

On broader themes, Mr.Obama announced a U.S.initiative to boost lending and spur economic growth and recovery in the Americas, and proposed a hemispheric partnership to tackle energy and climate challenges.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

She urged active involvement by Burma's neighbors to spur reform.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

President Obama said Senator Kennedy considered health care reform a moral issue, and suggested that his concern and regard for the plight of others should spur bipartisan cooperation in finally achieving reform.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

She says the organization is working to spread these resources, and is also steering talented American women and minorities into science and engineering, to spur innovation in both the industrial and the developing worlds.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

Liberals within the Democratic Party have been fighting for a public option, saying that it is the only way to spur private insurance companies to keep costs down and offer affordable plans to consumers.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

"This isn't something that happens on the spur of the moment. It takes a great deal of planning and I think it is an indication the police are determined and doggedly pursuing the leads they got."

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

President Obama says the Summit of the Americas yielded broad hemispheric agreement on the need to spur economic growth, confront security challenges like drug trafficking, promote alternative fuels, protect the environment, and ensure human rights.

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

"For instance,we know that mental illness disorders like depression or alcohol use disorders play a major role in European countries, for instance" "But,we have to also look at Asian countries where impulsiveness plays a much more important role, which is that suicide can happen on the spur of the moment."

VOA: standard.2009.09.10