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As Prince Michael of Kent, honorary rear-admiral of the Royal Navy Reserve, writes in his introduction to this fascinating book: No man can do more for another country than to volunteer to fight for it.
Never Mind Neutrality, Our Friends Are in Trouble Andrew Roberts 2010
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According to Robert Leon Baker, MD, former rear-admiral in the US Navy Medical Corps, an estimated 229 babies die every year due directly or indirectly to circumcisions.
The Ethics of Neonatal Circumcision « Gender Across Borders 2009
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Jendayi Frazer; and rear-admiral Timothy Ziemer, who coordinates Bush's global anti-malaria campaign, Perino said in a statement.
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When I applied again for it, quite lately, I was sternly informed that if the Baron de Rouville had emigrated I should not have lost him; that by this time he would have been a rear-admiral; finally, his Excellency quoted I know not what degree of forfeiture.
The Purse 2007
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If he came, he would come with admiral, rear-admiral, and vice-admiral, transports, and avisos, according to the best-approved methods, articles, and science of war.
Westward Ho! 2007
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When I applied again for it, quite lately, I was sternly informed that if the Baron de Rouville had emigrated I should not have lost him; that by this time he would have been a rear-admiral; finally, his Excellency quoted I know not what degree of forfeiture.
The Purse 2007
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Balderick complained, that all the recompence he had received for his long and hard service, was the half-pay of a rear-admiral.
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At length I discovered rear-admiral Balderick, the companion of my youth, whom I had not seen since he was appointed lieutenant of the
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I'm pleased to announce the arrival of Trevalyan, a Newfoundlander who kicks off his brand new blog with a rear-admiral fisking of Buchananite "foreign correspondent" Eric Margolis.
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It is hardly the work for a gentleman born, and the grandson of a rear-admiral.
Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004
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