"That is also crucial to allowing corporations a kind of independent personhood and separating ownership from control or ownership from management.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

"Despite more than two million troops in uniform - not counting the US military - NATO has struggled,at times desperately, to sustain a deployment of twenty-five thousand to forty-five thousand troops, not just in boots on the ground, but in crucial support assets."

VOA: special.2011.06.11

"In areas where the sleeping sickness is still very prevalent, such as remote areas of some central African countries -- which are by the way very unstable areas -- it will be also crucial to have simpler treatment and obviously oral treatment would be the best."

VOA: special.2010.04.07

"It is crucial that national authorities do not rush to give information on source of infection which is not proven by bacteriological analysis, as this spreads unjustified fears in the population all over Europe, and creates problems for our food producers selling products in the EU and outside of the EU."

VOA: special.2011.06.10

The report's author,Daniel Brumberg, acting director of the institute's Muslim World Initiative, says supporting democracy is actually crucial to U.S.security.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Barker says this last day of campaigning is crucial, because so many Britons still have not made up their mind.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

And if last year was an important year in their relationship, this year is crucial for their political careers.

VOA: standard.2010.08.07

Marco Incerti, from the Brussels-based Center for European Policy Studies, says this vote is crucial to the European Union.

VOA: standard.2009.10.02

He retains a strong link to the homeland of his parents, and carries the nation's flag after crucial football victories.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

Reigning-in corruption is crucial to attracting foreign investment to a nation where 80 percent of people are unemployed.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

This will provide crucial clues to what caused the crash - India's worst in more than a decade.

VOA: standard.2010.05.23

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said releasing Suu Kyi was crucial to pave the way for planned elections in Burma next year.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

Political experts see passage of health care as a crucial political test for Mr.Obama in advance of congressional midterm elections in November.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

Steven Fielding, professor of Political History at Britain's Nottingham University, says these televised debates may prove crucial to the outcome of the election.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23