Ida Tarbell's investigations into Standard Oil were partly responsible for later legal action by the federal government against the company.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

But packaged foods have labels, and this is made possible because of government action taken some years ago.

但包装食品的食品标签可以告诉我们这些,这得益于几年前的政府措施

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Sure. So the federal government has not taken a lot of action right now.

当然有。联邦政府现在采取的措施并不多。

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Athar Abbas says the government continues to favor talks, but that does not mean it will rule out military action.

VOA: standard.2009.04.27

What happened finally, is that the press got wind of this and the scientific evidence grew to such a large mass that the evidence was pretty overwhelming, and then finally, government took action on this.

最终是先由新闻界得到风声,然后科学依据如雨后春笋般涌现,强而有力,势不可挡,最后终于让政府按耐不住,开始行动

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The Australian leader says his government is committed to international legal action if discussions fail to convince Japan to stop killing whales in the Antarctic.

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

European governments have taken stronger action against genetically modified foods than is the case of the American government and there is a very interesting political history to this.

与美国政府相比,欧洲政府,实施了更强硬手段来,限制转基因食品,而这其中包含了有趣的政治历史问题

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Education coordinator Madiana Samba, of the advocacy organization Action Aid International, says the government must address the shortfall if they are to achieve real universal primary education.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

He said that when he meets the families of those killed in action,or soldiers who've been injured he does ask himself if the government is doing the right thing.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

Dagne says highly de-centralized and mobile al-Shabaab forces threaten the Transitional Federal Government, and noted that African Union forces are constrained because they are not authorized to take offensive action.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

"This will be the subject of a full investigation. If there is any evidence that any government agency could have or should have done better, we will certainly be taking all relevant action to address that,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

President Obama says he inherited massive government debt and a sinking economy from his predecessor,President Bush, and that only drastic action will correct the situation while investing in the nation's needs pertaining to health care, energy independence,and education.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

If it can be established that Madni was in Diego Garcia, that would be a breach of European law and as Algar says, that would mean action against the government of Tony Blair and other parties could be mounted.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

To fix them requires the action of government." Geithner confirmed media reports that the Obama administration is considering the creation of a regulatory commission that would have broad authority to protect consumers of financial products such as mortgages, credit cards and mutual funds.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20