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- abbreviation
government
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Examples
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Application of scrutiny, where a judge decides that he thinks the interest the govt is asserting is more “compelling” than the interest that the constitution is actually trying to protect.
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All the info the phone companies gave the govt is available for a price to anyone willing to pay them for it.
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Voters know long-term debt is a problem, but feel short term govt power should focus on creating jobs.
News - latimes.com 2011
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As most any govt. contractor 1st line mgmt can attest to, it's like that most everywhere in govt work .......
Mission Costs: Moving the Goal Posts at NASA - NASA Watch 2009
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I honestly believe the reason they are so anti-big-govt is the fact that bigger govt usually translates into PROTECTING ALL citizens from big businesses that would abuse the environment and the citizens just to make a buck.
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Even till today govt is not allowing any relief to be done by the church.
Religion 2010
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I think most would agree that township govt is a joke ... look at it's leadership!!
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Sucre (Bolivia) 2783m, though seat of govt is La Paz at 3660m
April Books 9) One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez nwhyte 2010
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Congratulations, the govt is working hard to force your hand.
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August 10, 2009 11: 16 AM trapster - tells you where the popo are hunting speeders, where red light cameras are, mobile radar vans ... not that I speed or run red lights, but it's nice to know when the govt is going to be watching you before they can see you ... it's strangely rewarding to report police activity.
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