91. For the first time, a U.N. document asks governments to document and value the unpaid work of women, such as agricultural labor and work in the home. 92. For any coalition government to work, moderate Taliban representatives have to participate in some form. 93. For example, he said, with welfare reform the responsibility has shifted from the federal government to the state and local level. 94. Freddie Mac is a government-sponsored enterprise, owned by its shareholders, but set up by the government to finance housing. 95. From government to industry, people in the public eye are using new, more aggressive and, sometimes, more manipulative tactics to promote their interests. 96. Foreign-based subsidiaries of American companies can take the American government to court overseas if it tries to stop them from trading with Iran. 97. Freddie Mac is a shareholder-owned company set up by the government to finance housing. 98. Grants of money, packaged with regulations, descend from the highest ranks of government to the lowest, with each level adding rules before passing on the funds. 99. Hahn has written to President Bush asking the federal government to, among other things, provide economic relief for airports and employee assistance programs for furloughed workers. 100. Having brought thousands of federal jobs to the state, he has a good head start on transplanting the entire government to West Virginia. |