Young people who said they were active in religious groups, sports or other interests were less likely to discuss risky behaviors.

VOA: special.2009.02.18

I won't stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

"Every time we come close to passing health insurance reform, the special interests fight back with everything they've got.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

Bryan described the situation this way: "On one side of the debate stand the business interests of the United States.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

Young people who said they were active in religious groups,sports or had other interests were less likely to discuss risky behaviors.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

Yet for all the praise Lewis received, he was known for putting the interests of the group over the individual.

VOA: special.2009.03.01

The purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska bill reportedly was to settle differences among opposing railroad interests in the area.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

By selling it to the government, the mining interests hoped to keep the price of silver from falling.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

Decide what kind of school interests you: Big or small,city or rural, public or private, two-year or four-year?

VOA: special.2009.07.16

Our subject this week is an area of study that interests millions of people -- genealogy,researching family history.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

But her editors often rejected her attempts to write about subjects outside the traditional interests of women.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

And what does that mean? It means I am trained in geology, but with interests in the other planets and Mars in particular."

VOA: special.2010.07.28

Senator Clay believed these eight steps would satisfy the interests of both the North and the South.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

He was trained as a doctor. But he had many interests including history,mechanics, government and building design.

VOA: special.2010.01.27