Andrei Koztunof of the New Eurasia Foundation in Moscow says both countries essentially agreed not to make it a major issue.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

A big change came four years ago, when Russia's new forestry law essentially privatized management of state forests.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

"I chose to try to make progress, and the concept of burning down a building or lighting a torch just seemed to me to be essentially crazy.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

"This model essentially assesses how well (stormwater practices) work in a new way.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

"I thought that the American medical system was going to take away my life savings and essentially ruin any prospects I had for a pleasant retirement after the operation."

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

"So the fact that the UAE is pressuring RIM to essentially create a back door around its encryption, may actually threaten the reputation of BlackBerry as the most secure smartphone platform."

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

However, white rice is essentially a starch.

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

"It is a very poor country," "If we were to essentially close our markets to their products we could cause a great deal of hardship in the country and cause thousands of Hondurans to lose their jobs.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03