31. And what a visitor finds here, at street-level and even in government offices, is that ordinary life has spun off into an unscripted subplot. 32. Another government office. 33. Another resolution declared that the Ten Commandments should be publicly displayed in government offices and courthouses. 34. As a matter of course, government offices make lists that allow them to see at a glance the budget allocations for related items. 35. Armies of officials in government offices, banks, ports, airports and railway stations maintain a tangled bureaucratic system that makes even the former Soviet Union look efficient. 36. Any benefits provided by the White House and other government offices need to be subject to rigorous and detailed disclosure. 37. At the Northern Ireland government tourist office on North Street, a woman at the information counter said there had been no noticeable drop in tourism this week. 38. At the government offices, crowds with video cameras gathered while workers removed the last vestiges of the royal insignia. 39. Banks and many government offices will be closed. 40. Banks, most businesses and government offices will also be closed. |