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  • noun Same as roc.

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Examples

  • Irish flags flutter from the telephone poles, and what look like no parking signs, red circles with crosses through them, are actually ruc out signs.

    'We'll Never Decommission' 2008

  • Definitions are from my service in the British Army, the NIO and British Government dictates security policy, through the ruc, and then through to military, the catholic church as far as I know is governed by the pope and the papal select.

    A Tangled Web 2010

  • It probably came into our language from the Italian, being first used by Marco Polo, who says (part iii., chap. 35): “To return to the griffon; the people of the island do not know it by that name, but call it always _ruc_; but we, from their extraordinary size, certainly conclude them to be griffons.”

    The Battaile of Agincourt Michael Drayton 1597

  • In This Training You Will Learn … • T three c ial c ponents that c he ruc om reate a c pelling interview: om • Mechanics • O om utc es • Production

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • Slide 4: • M y fa vo u r ite s in g e r s a re B ruc e S p r in g s te e n, G r e e n D a y, S tin g … e tc.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • With respect to the above garda members opinion which we are entitled too., i have served in the ruc and psni for thirty years and am myself a protestant i never have or have known any of my colleagues to give any information out, sadly many old ruc officers are now off the force and on many occassions i have had MANY NEW PSNI OFFICERS saying how they regret no longer having experienced officers on the ground.

    Officer Down (Northern Ireland) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • I know not what to call this, nor will I urge, that it is a fecret over-ruling decree that hur - ries us on to be the inftruments of our own defl: ruc -

    The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Of York ... 1790

  • The ‘off’ button is somewhere on your base unit for those who don’t like this. on January 13, 2010 at 5: 55 am ex proud ruc and psni member

    Officer Down (Northern Ireland) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • By ollie, March 10, 2010 @ 2:03 pm tramadol hcl 668259 tramadol hci =((( nasacort aciphex phentermine pharmacy pittsburgh ftl ultram pill identifier ruc

    Cheeseburger Gothic » The chocolate fountain. 2009

  • Antioxidants - Scientific Definition A m ole c ule th a t s lows or pre ve nts oxida tion of oth e r m ole c ule s Oxida tion - th e tra ns fe r of a n e le c tron from a m ole c ule to th e oxidiz in g a g e nt F re e R a dic a l - Mole c ule m is s ing a n e le c tron th a t now h a s a n unb a la nc e d c h a rg e Antioxida nts c a n s top fre e ra dic a ls b y offe ring th e m s e lve s to b e oxidiz e d ins te a d of m ore c ruc ia l b ody tis s ue (P rim a ry a ntioxida nt a c tivity) or b y b inding fre e ra dic a ls a nd re m oving th e m from th e s ys te m (s e c onda ry a ntioxida nt a c tivity) He a lth y s ys te m s c onta in m a ny of th e c om m on a ntioxida nts s uc h a s Vita m in C, Vita m in E a nd g luta th ione.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

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