council of state
国务院,国务委员会,国务会议,国家委员会
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- : a council that deliberates on high-level policies of a government.
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In secret, before the referendum, the council went ahead and fluoridated the water anyway.
Dental leaders barnstormed the state, and cities began to fluoridate.
But on Thursday Boxer triggered a Golden State political earthquake, announcing that she would not seek a fifth term in 2016.
Meanwhile, in Florida, Bush was flooded with questions about whether gay marriage could possibly come to the Sunshine State.
This week, Florida became the 36th state to allow same-sex marriage.
If we can free this State of Yankees, we will accomplish more than your armies down south have.
Walls End Castle, when the party broke up, returned to its normal state.
The next morning he came rushing into the office, in a violent state of excitement.
He could not tell what I meant by secrets of state, where an enemy or some rival nation were not in the case.
From the very first of the war their work was to help exterminate the guerrilla bands which infested the State.