The law established the idea that the government could control industries, when necessary,for the public good.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

A free-rider uses the public good without helping to create or support it.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

It said owners of property in which the public has an interest must accept public control for the common good.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

When societies cooperate with the aim of creating a public good, there is always the possibility of a free-rider.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

When this happens,he said, money is withdrawn from the people's use and kept in the public treasury, where it does no good.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

He used the position to try to make the public recognize the dangers of nuclear power as well as its possibilities for good.

VOA: special.2009.06.14

For example,many Americans believe the country's public television service is a kind of public good.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

The writer and food expert has worked to increase public education about good food.

VOA: special.2009.03.31

Howard Spiegler fights for art justice. He graduated from Columbia University's law school in 1974 with the hope of doing public good.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

"Because of the public's need for transparency, because of the public's demand for a full accounting, these investigations, they are a good thing,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

It is a complex system of public and private insurance plans, regulated by the government but still giving individuals a good deal of choice.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

Given the sensitive nature of the situation, details are not being made public, but as Business Secretary Peter Mandelson says the outlook does not look good.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair,who oversaw the Good Friday negotiations, says Kennedy was a "true public servant committed to the values of fairness and opportunity."

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

So from that point of view I would give him a good score,". The Israeli public is divided on the settlement issue: The poll showed that 46 percent of respondents support continuing construction in the West Bank even if it means a confrontation with the U.S.- 44 percent were opposed.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03