Just last week,the Commerce Department reported an unexpected drop in December in the number of housing starts by builders.

VOA: special.2011.01.24

The food guide pyramid was the government's effort, put through by the U.S. Department of Agriculture about what people should eat optimally.

食物金字塔是政府努力的结果,它是由美国农业部提出的,关于人们最佳饮食结构的建议

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It was invented by a mathematician called Bellman. And he was at the time being paid by the Defense Department to work on something else. And he didn't want them to know what he was doing. So he made up a name that he was sure they would have no clue what it meant.

一点儿道理也没有,它是一个叫Bellman的数学家发明的,那时受聘于国防部研究一些其它东西,它不想让它们知道她在研究什么,所以它编造了一个,它们不会知道意义的词语。

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The Department of Labor announced the grant in September, along with seven million dollars promised by the international cocoa industry.

VOA: special.2010.10.26

Just this week, an investigation found that the State Department overpaid the company by tens of millions of dollars.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

The United States Department of Agriculture will increase spending on farm emissions research by ninety million dollars over the next four years.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

The "Open Doors" report is published by the Institute of International Education, with support from the State Department.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

The Commerce Department said sales of new single-family houses also rose but just by three-tenths of one percent.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

The exhibit sponsored by the State Department will travel around the world over the next three years.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

We attended one that was taught by a graduate student from George Washington University's Forensic Science Department.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

Roots of Peace has been recognized by the United Nations, the American State Department, Rotary International and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, among others.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

The Department of Agriculture says that is up by more than 40% since the year 2000.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

The Occupational Outlook Handbook published by the Labor Department offers job market predictions through twenty eighteen.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

Schools have to report legal violations by international students to the Department of Homeland Security.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

Ray LaHood says his department will investigate the electronics used by Toyota and other automakers.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

There's a six-month course of the Department of Wildlife, which is run by the government.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

But the Treasury Department cannot borrow more money by selling bonds unless Congress acts.

VOA: special.2011.04.16

The Justice Department says domestic violence can be defined as a pattern of abusive behavior used by one partner in any relationship to control another partner.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

It was proposed to Lincoln by Captain Gustavus Fox of the Navy Department.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

She sought help from the Maryland State Professional Outplacement Assistance Center,or POAC, which is funded by the state Department of Labor.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

State Department officials say they do not oppose engagement with Iran by current Security Council member countries Turkey and Brazil.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

Speaking to reporters at the U.S.State Department, spokesman Ian Kelly says the Obama administration is deeply disappointed by the Israeli decision.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

Senior State Department officials later said North Korea had been invited by Thailand to send an envoy to Phuket but had not responded.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

State Department Spokesman P.J.Crowley said the United States welcomes the visit by President Lula, but that it is doubtful it will yield anything useful.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

At the U.S.Defense Department, spokesman Bryan Whitman said there is always concern that the use of force by the military could lead to reprisals.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

Although the book does not describe the crimes committed by the inmate contributors, the information is provided online by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

The U.S.State Department has a travel advisory for Timbuktu because of past terrorist activities in the region by the group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

even though they have been designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the State Department.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

This video by the Department of Homeland Security shows that anyone,at any age can be a victim of human trafficking - forced into labor or prostitution.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

The Commerce Department said Wednesday the U.S.trade deficit grew by almost one-fifth in June.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11