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  • "_Second Lieutenant M_ ---- _to be seconded and to retain his present rank of Second Lieutenant_."

    The Sunny Side 1919

  • Sound engineer Commentary: It wasn't all too easy to mounts microphone become acquainted with this special hero in pyjamas; the guards of his camp explained with a smile: the Lieutenant is ashamed of himself.

    Pilots in Pajamas - Part 3 1967

  • Bad Lieutenant is really a great movie, which is maybe why he takes this one particularly seriously.

    fourfour: 2009

  • Pakistani Defense Minister Ahmad Mukhtar told reporters Saturday the government will extend the term of Lieutenant General Ahmad Shuja Pasha at the Inter Services Intelligence agency, also known as the ISI.He did not say how much longer Pasha would serve.

    Pakistan Extends Term of Spy Chief 2011

  • Bad Lieutenant is a triumph for this audacious, uninhibited cinematic genius.

    Werner Herzog, a movie-making genius of performance art Jonathan Jones 2010

  • In 1994 Semprún published the memoir Literature or Life, devoting a full chapter to his encounter with a man he calls Lieutenant Walter Rosenfeld but who is quite clearly Albert G. Rosenberg.

    The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010

  • In consequence, Soissons succeeded the sieur de Mons with the title of Lieutenant General and Viceroy on October 8, 1612.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • In consequence, Soissons succeeded the sieur de Mons with the title of Lieutenant General and Viceroy on October 8, 1612.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • I called Lieutenant General George Casey, then the J-5 at the Pentagon, to ask him to check into this, which he did.

    Surrender is not an Option John Bolton 2007

  • I called Lieutenant General George Casey, then the J-5 at the Pentagon, to ask him to check into this, which he did.

    Surrender is not an Option John Bolton 2007

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