Information concerning government policies and plans that is imparted to reporters by government officials on a regular basis in a group setting with the mutual understanding that the information can be attributed only to unnamed "sources" is
A) a symbol.
B) a backgrounder.
C) a leak.
D) a manipulation.
E) a good luck charm.
B
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The Articles of Confederation provided that:
A. each state could send two to seven representatives to the congress. B. the Congress of the Confederation could force the states to meet military quotas. C. a bicameral Congress of the Confederation would act as the central governing body. D. each state, no matter what its size, had two votes. E. a powerful central government would be formed based on the system of monarchy.
One reason the study of single subjects declined after the 1930s is
A) the availability of new statistical procedures to evaluate multi-subject designs. B) the end of the Great Depression led to greater availability of money for multi-subject designs C) B. F. Skinner encouraged the use of multi-subject designs. D) All of the above
Although Americans still trust their state and local governments more than the national government in Washington, D.C., they are increasingly reluctant to give their states and localities a ringing endorsement
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The budget for fiscal year 2014 went into effect ______.
A. January 2014 B. October 2013 C. January 2015 D. October 2015