Perhaps Emperor Norton's most famous decree ordered the city government to build a bridge from the city of Oakland to a small island in San Francisco Bay.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

Yet some small banks have already paid back aid from the government.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

A small number receive support from the United States government.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

Even a small percent of the vote could be enough to earn a candidate a ministerial post in the next government.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

President Obama said the government will make it easier for workers at small businesses to automatically enroll in retirement savings plans.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

"That had been a matter of concern for not only Sri Lanka's government but all the areas around a small island after the war,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

"It focuses on helping small businesses create jobs, not spending more taxpayer dollars to expand government."

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

The government's Small Business Administration already provides some help by backing loans from community banks.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

Jess Ford of the Government Accountability Office said that despite using multiple methods, the station's audience remains small based on four telephone surveys conducted since 2003.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

(Speaking in French) Boisserie argues the government is focusing too narrowly on the elite grandes ecoles, which account for just a small slice of French university graduates.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

To build long-term support for the crafts workers, the IOM is strengthening ties between these small industries and the government and is turning to companies that invest in corporate social responsibility.

VOA: standard.2010.04.14

"We are committed to helping more Americans to get the health care coverage they need, not through nationalizing the system with a costly government-run plan, but rather by supporting free-market incentives to help small business owners to make coverage more accessible and affordable,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.08

At a small company near Washington, Mr.Obama said he will ask Congress to allow small businesses to get larger government loans, using money from the "These are the loans most frequently handed out by the Small Business Administration to help folks open their doors and buy machinery,equipment, land and buildings,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

"In developing countries, that's going to be a longer process where you'll have perhaps business people,farmers, small business people, professionals who will be the first adopters - the doctors,government officials - and then it will slowly as you get more apps (applications) slowly permeate out probably."

VOA: standard.2010.06.25