See The Dog Jump In A Circle; Leave Her House To Entertain Educated Veterans' Homes. A mnemonic to remember the various cabinet-level departments in the federal government, proposed on the New York Times editorial page in 1988 and later revised.

The dog is, of course, more an artifact than a crucial character here. However, the imperative clause, see the dog jump in a circle, would seem to be more than incidentally apt for describing the activities of these executive departments. In order of appearance, these are the departments: 1789: State, Treasury, Defense, 1870: Justice (formerly just Attorney General), 1849: Interior, 1862: Agriculture, 1913: Commerce, Labor, 1953: Health and Human Services (formerly Health, Education and Welfare), 1965: Housing and Urban Development, 1966: Transportation, 1977: Energy, 1979: Education, 1988: Veterans Affairs, 2003: Homeland Security.