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guh vernd

  • n  the body of people who are citizens of a particular government
    governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed"--Declaration of Independence
  • v  bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
  • v  direct or strongly influence the behavior of
  • v  exercise authority over; as of nations
  • v  require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood

  • NIUE PARADISE GOES ONLINE The world's smallest self-governed nation now is the first wi-fi nation as well.
  • Before it, cooking was governed by tradition, superstition and dogma.
  • The process of deciding who watches what in Thailand is governed by a 1930 law that gives the police the right to censor films.
News & Articles

  • Wrong on LCB’s purpose
    By Tribune-Review The circus that was June 4’s liquor privatization hearing in Harrisburg should not surprise Pennsylvanians accustomed to being governed by clowns. I have no need ...
    June 13, 2013 - The Mckeesport Daily News
  • Scottish football votes for reconstruction
    GLASGOW, England (AP) -- The four divisions in Scottish football will be governed by the same organization after a vote was passed for significant reconstruction of the league system.
    June 12, 2013 - The Daily Jeffersonian
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    GLASGOW, England (AP) — The four divisions in Scottish football will be governed by the same organization after a vote was passed for significant reconstruction of the league system.
    June 12, 2013 - Greenwich Time
Quotes

  • Barack Obama in Los Angeles Times (blog)
    We don't have to guess how the other party will govern because we're still living with the results from the last time they governed,Obama said at a rally in Las Vegas for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada's senior senator. "It's a...
  • Dan Cronin in San Francisco Chronicle
    Sen. Dan Cronin, R-Elmhurst, called the governor's request "cowardly, but consistent with the way he has governed."
  • Roger Goodell in Washington Post
    We--and we also believe Congress--have always understood that the negotiation, administration and enforcement of the collectively-bargained steroid policies in professional sports are governed exclusively by federal labor law,Goodell said in...

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