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Off topic, but what is the name for the grammatical concept of the difference between NY Times/Washington Post-style headlines like this one ("After PRISM reports, Swiss data bank sees boost") and British-style newspaper headlines which use a more active* voice, e.g. "Swiss data bank sees boost after PRISM reports."

*I've probably got that term wrong.

This is not a passive vs. active voice thing. The subject and object are the same in both sentences. It's just slightly different word order.

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