The statement said the national government should own the country's railroads, telegraph,and telephone systems.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

At an annual conference for such people this week, Gates' deputy,William Lynn, made this almost triumphant statement to several hundred government workers and industry executives.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

BHP Billition said in a statement that government stimulus measures imposed over the past year "appear to have supported a gradual return to normalized global trade."

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

But there was no mention of the ECB position in the German government statement.

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But neither the report itself nor the government statement that followed its publication hint at this.

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The government statement said that the number of pigs being salvaged from the river appeared to be decreasing.

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