"Because of the public's need for transparency, because of the public's demand for a full accounting, these investigations, they are a good thing,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

Because of Kahn,experts say, one of the poorest countries in the world has one of the most beautiful public buildings on Earth.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

But the Japanese government and public refused to acknowledge it until then - in part, because of the stigma associated with poverty.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

Details of lese majeste charges are rarely made public because simply repeating an alleged insult could itself be considered a violation of the law.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

"Some of the Muslim parents took their kids out of the Islamic schools and put them in public schools because they were afraid of backlash."

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

Oloria says she feels closer to her Muslim religion and more comfortable in public, because she believes it hides her from the eyes of men.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

He decided to do this out of his love for the city of Venice and because he thought it was important to put on display the real decline of the population, to raise public awareness.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Republicans are hoping for a replay of the 1994 midterm elections, when they won control of both the House and Senate in large part because of public opposition to the health-care-reform plan put forward by another Democrat in the White House,Bill Clinton.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

"I think Stars and Stripes goes with the orchestra,goes with the hall and the entire spirit of what the Pops has brought to the American public, principally,but I think because of Fiedler's television and recordings, to a public around the world,as well."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

"Calderon's public approval is now at 69 percent the highest of his administration because the people perceive that he is a decent man that handled the swine flu outbreak judiciously and that he is doing his level best to combat the narco-traffickers,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.09