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A prefect's job was to keep the peace and preserve Rome's interests.
Matthew L. Skinner: Pontius Pilate v. Jesus: Was It A Fair Trial? Matthew L. Skinner 2011
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A prefect's job was to keep the peace and preserve Rome's interests.
Matthew L. Skinner: Pontius Pilate v. Jesus: Was It A Fair Trial? Matthew L. Skinner 2011
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The woman mayor of our neighbouring village is la maire and the local senior civil servant is la sous-préfète which no longer means the prefect's wife; terms like la professeure are increasingly common.
Why choose such an elitist bunch to discuss Labour? | letters 2011
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He had heard it all before, the old insistent arguments spoken in that confident school prefect's voice.
She Closed Her Eyes 2010
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The Foreign Secretary isn't worthy of the title --- with his sixth-form moustache and prefect's demeanour, he should be sitting on a JCR committee.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Businesses will need the regional prefect's authorization, and the measure makes it illegal to discriminate against employees who refuse to work on Sunday.
Jamais on Sunday 2009
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He had challenged Ratzinger's argument — in one of the prefect's "personal writings" — that the universal Church, represented by Rome, is "prior" to the local churches, represented by Catholic communities around the world, and the debate went on for months in the relatively open space of Catholic journals.
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He had challenged Ratzinger's argument — in one of the prefect's "personal writings" — that the universal Church, represented by Rome, is "prior" to the local churches, represented by Catholic communities around the world, and the debate went on for months in the relatively open space of Catholic journals.
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Bobby Kennedy was favored to win, but the final results hadn't come in by the time I had to obey the prefect's order for Lights Out and turn off the radio.
That Morning 2008
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"I am shocked that there is gambling going on here" was the prefect's excuse for closing Rick's as the casino manager says, "your winnings inspector."
Sheldon Drobny: Imus: The Tip Of The Iceberg In Talk Radio 2008
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