A summary of a 693-page secret C.I.A. report from 1975, for example ... of the characteristics of a state within a state.” But one section of the document was always redacted — until now.

the State Department outlined its plans to "realign" more than 50 GEC officials and tens of millions of dollars in funding to ...

The Chinese also used scribes to document events, teachings, log resource and labor data, and help the state function with detailed accounting. Notaries accompanied Christopher Columbus on his ...