The largest civil works project in American history is underway to build a fortified levee system.

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Don Riley, director of civil works for the Army Corps of Engineers.

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The Civil Works Administration employed more than four million men and women at jobs from building and repairing roads and bridges, parks, playgrounds and public buildings to creating art.

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At Stormont a cross-departmental group of civil servants works on implementing the treaty.

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The new book "Why Civil Resistance Works: The strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict, " written by Erica Chenoweth and Maria J.

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Mr Skelton spent 20 years in counter terrorism research as a civil servant and now works to help protect soldiers in Afghanistan.

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The organisation works with governments and civil society in a practical way to promote security and co-operation.

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The Office for Civil Society, part of the Cabinet Office, works across government departments to translate the Big Society agenda into practical policies.

BBC: UK Politics

"Anti-Semitism has no place in football or society in general, " said the Board of Deputies of British Jews, which works to promote and defend the religious and civil liberties of British Jewry.

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