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  • As we first reported, Private's Amelia Shepherd Caterina Scorsone will venture up to Seattle Grace in the first hour of the crossover during Grey's.

    Get the Exclusive Details on the Grey's Anatomy-Private Practice Crossover 2012

  • Hull-born Carmichael made his name playing in a series of films for the Boulting Brothers including Private's Progress (1956), Brothers in Law (1957) and I'm All Right Jack (1959).

    Archive 2010-01-31 Bill Crider 2010

  • And several of Quinlan Private's projects target the new rich in former Eastern bloc countries who are now feeling the pain of the financial crisis.

    Irish Property Firm Has Cash to Spend, But... 2009

  • One could take with a pinch of salt the Private's view that the battle is lost and that we should pull out, but what does come over clear – and seems reliable – is his account of the "siege mentality".

    Archive 2007-04-01 Helen 2007

  • I think I understand the reasoning behind it: immediate action to reinforce the message to the troops one of the main purposes of a decoration is to motivate others, and hopefully an inadequate but immediate salve to the emotional wounds of the Private's loved ones.

    Archive 2006-12-01 2006

  • The drink's imminent UK launch will presumably incorporate the same "attractive collector-style cans featuring some of Private's most popular stars", while the ginseng content is intended to enhance "adult activities" (ie, voting? driving a minibus with less than 17 seats and weighing no more than 3.5 metric tonnes?)

    Boing Boing: March 30, 2003 - April 5, 2003 Archives 2003

  • Private's gonna stay the way it is, cause its, supposedly, alil more serious.

    jaimewolf Diary Entry jaimewolf 2003

  • It was why he wore an officer's sash instead of a Private's belt, because in almost every battle the moment came when the disciplined ranks dissolved and a man simply had to claw and scratch and kill like a beast.

    Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000

  • 'The Tippoo's only too damned eager for European volunteers, so we dress young Lawford in a Private's uniform and he can pretend to be a deserter.

    Sharpe's Tiger Cornwell, Bernard 1997

  • He was only two years older than Sharpe and he envied Sharpe Mary's companionship, and he still resented the Private's lack of deference.

    Sharpe's Tiger Cornwell, Bernard 1997

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