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Most staff at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the federal agency tasked with investigating workplace safety, is not working because of the ongoing federal shutdown.

The Conservatives say they would task officials with removing 750,000 illegal immigrants from the UK within five years if they win the next election.

From BBC

Chopping wood outside his character’s rustic cabin in the middle of nowhere, he drives the ax down again and again, ferociously focused on the task at hand.

“When they are tasked with determining what the priorities are, obviously they are going to follow their principles and priorities and not the other team,” Johnson told reporters on Thursday.

From Salon

The Philippines is composed of thousands of islands and the national disaster agency based in the capital Manila is tasked with releasing official casualty figures for typhoons and earthquakes.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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