The graph below gives information about U.S. government spending on research between 1980 and 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The presented line chart demonstrates data about the USA authority that was spending on the investigation from 1980 to 2008 per billion dollars.

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, it is important that health was the main thing for which

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the government

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spent a lot of money

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of general science;

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, all items except Other had a rising trend.

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the plot, the motivation of health, which was the initial category that spending a lot of money for, increased;

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, at the beginning, it had 8, but got the minimum in 1984 at 7;

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went up significantly and peaked 22 in 2004;

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, reduced to 17 in 2008. The next one was Other which had 7.5 in 1980,

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the motivation decreased to 5 between 1984 and 1988 after that, in 2000, the number of Other was the same as at the beginning;

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, it declined to an amount that was equal to 1984. The graph shows Space, the third one had slight jumping direction, at the start had a 6. later in 2008 hit 9.5.

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, the number of Energy stabilized from 1980 until 1992 at 5, yet it grew and peaked in 1996 at 8;

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, between 2000 and 2004 it was constant at 5;

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touched 7.5 in 2008. The

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, one was general science, which was improving moderately, in 1980, had a 2.5;

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in 2000 the amount was 5;

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, the figure was not changing until 2008.