Opening Word document…
‘The’ denotes uniqueness – distinguishes the federal government from other governments
Merriam-Websters 8 Online Collegiate Dictionary, http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
used as a function word to indicate that a following noun or noun equivalent is a unique or a particular member of its class <the President> <the Lord>
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