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As she recounted the weeks of battle, the foot-soldier offensives and arrow exchanges, he relaxed even more, resting his hands behind his head.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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The field is rounded out by The Barber of Birmingham (profiling a foot-soldier in the Civil Rights Movement) and Incident at New Baghdad (about a soldier's actions after Iraq), both well-done.
Robert J. Elisberg: Oscars 2012: The Day of Many Movies Robert J. Elisberg 2012
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As she recounted the weeks of battle, the foot-soldier offensives and arrow exchanges, he relaxed even more, resting his hands behind his head.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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From being a foot-soldier, I have gradually risen in life, losing blood many times, breaking some bones and having mine broken, winning my share of the spoils.
Rook 2010
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We're not giving them the good stuff, so they can't match the firepower of the better-equipped Taliban, who seem to have an endless supply of Kalashnikovs, the world standard foot-soldier weapon.
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Ms. Chimanda has long been knows as a "plant" or foot-soldier for Mugabe.
Michealene Cristini Risley: Wanted Dead or Alive: Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe 2009
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Does anyone believe that under JJ, every NDC foot-soldier was o.k., certainly not but no-one incited them against him.
Is Ghana President Atta Mills Up Against His Own Party? 2009
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It is entirely possible that he will serve his purpose as a useful foot-soldier and then find himself surplus to requirements in the new, Über-Cameroonian government.
Ken Clarke is back! Mark Reckons 2009
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I guess a foot-soldier fighting to usher in a new dawn and era of contention-free politics?
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I mean John McCain was not only an officer in the Navy but he was also a foot-soldier in Reagan's Army, who knew that in the US their were two national armies in the 80's the US Armed ofrces and Ronal Reagans foot soldiers.
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