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• n  a specialized division of a large organization
  you'll find it in the hardware department
• n  the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
• n  a specialized sphere of knowledge
  baking is not my department
  his work established a new department of literature

• MOST major department stores are dominated by family dynastiesMacy's, Gimbels, Neiman-Marcus, Atlanta's Rich's.
• The President's initial proposal for the department, issued to Congress June 18, 2002: "I propose to create a new Department by substantially transforming the current confusing .
• NYPD Confidential author Leonard Levitt talks about corruption and misconduct in the nation's largest police department.

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News & Articles

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• Labor department launches delinquent payment program
  UPPER DARBY — Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry Secretary Julia Hearthway said her department rolled out a new program at the beginning of this month to help people get a clean slate with delinquent payments.
  June 16, 2013 - Delaware County Daily Times
• Department of Transportation celebrating 100th anniversary
  HELENA — The Montana Department of Transportation this week begins celebrating its 100th anniversary as the state agency that oversees the construction and maintenance of the highways and bridges that connect communities here.
  June 15, 2013 - Ravalli Republic
• Department for Work & Pensions: New Video Celebrates Role of Both Parents in Separated Families
  Department for Work & Pensions
  June 13, 2013 - Marketwired via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Salon
  In the last six months, AIG has received substantial sums from the US Treasury,Obama said. "And I've asked [the Treasury Department] to use that leverage and pursue every single legal avenue to block these bonuses and make the American...
• Robert Gates in Wall Street Journal
  Speaking for the Department of Defense, once the commander in chief makes his decisions, we will salute and execute those decisions faithfully and to the best of our ability,Mr. Gates said to the annual gathering of the Association of the...
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in CNN
  These appalling assaults on members of our own State Department family are, sadly, part of a growing tragedy besetting many communities in Mexico,US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement Sunday night. "They underscore the...