any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
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Department of Education
the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979
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Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Institutions and organisations.the system of production and distribution and consumption
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Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Institutions and organisations.the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educationa…
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Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Institutions and organisations.a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society; "the institution of marriage"; "the institution…
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(education) a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: united, states, federal, department, administers.A woman who administers; esp., one who administers the estate of an intestate, or to whom letters of administration have been granted;…
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: united, states, federal, department, administers.the practice of organizing and or ordering of broadcast media programs (Internet, television, radio, etc.) in a daily, weekly, monthly…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: united, states, federal, department, administers.the practice of organizing and or ordering of broadcast media programs (Internet, television, radio, etc.) in a daily, weekly, monthly…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: united, states, federal, department, administers.The federal council of the German Empire. In the Bundesrath and the Reichstag are vested the legislative functions. The federal counci…
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: united, states, federal, department, administers.the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: united, states, federal, department, administers.Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury departm…
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: united, states, federal, department, administers.the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: united, states, federal, department, administers.the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"
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