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  • But shedding some of the executive branch's excesses will hardly dent the federal deficit, saving $4 billion annually, or just over one-tenth of 1% of the federal budget, the White House said.

    Order by Obama Takes Aim at Agencies' Travel, Trinkets Carol E. Lee 2011

  • Being away from a computer for any length of time leaves me frightened and irritable (an emotion that I will now dub frightirritable), which is probably why, as I was walking through the crowd of people to our branch's designated gathering spot in a nearby parking lot, I loudly and indignantly asked.

    The fire alarm Tyler 2009

  • Heated reactions from different sectors followed the executive branch's suggestion.

    Global Voices in English » Paraguay: Referendum on Performance of Congress 2009

  • It's time for Congress to act again to correct the executive branch's inability to withstand pressure from China.

    The U.S. Congress and Taiwan 2011

  • According to a statement from the senators, the bill allows courts to review the executive branch's designations of systems as "covered critical infrastructure."

    The Circuit: a revised 'kill switch' bill; Zynga raises almost $500 million; Apple anti-trust concerns 2011

  • Some have assigned every librarian a specific grade to contact in their branch's district -- for instance, identify and contact every grade 3 teacher.

    Pro-Development 2010

  • Some have assigned every librarian a specific grade to contact in their branch's district -- for instance, identify and contact every grade 3 teacher.

    Teaching 2010

  • Some have assigned every librarian a specific grade to contact in their branch's district -- for instance, identify and contact every grade 3 teacher.

    Library Services 2010

  • Some have assigned every librarian a specific grade to contact in their branch's district -- for instance, identify and contact every grade 3 teacher.

    new column- And Furthermore by Karen Lindsay 2009

  • It might well retard job creation, should it give rise to inflationary expectations or, worse, imply that, having suffered the slings and arrows of popular and political contempt as we went about doing what we did to save the financial system, we have now been compromised and become a pliant accomplice to Congress's and the executive branch's fiscal misfeasance.

    Notable & Quotable 2011

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