The announcements offered bright spots to the generally gloomy environment at the world's biggest air show that is clouded by the economic crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

It led to a rapid decline in foreign direct investment in Georgia and a rapid decline in growth, reinforced,of course, by the economic crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

President Obama told people in the nation's largest state, which has been hit especially hard by the economic crisis, that "there will be brighter days ahead."

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

(SAYING) He says the strike is continuing because the country's economic crisis has been exacerbated by the government's bad policies.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20