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Then he walked deftly along the narrow shelf, and as he turned abruptly into the immense niche in the cliff called the Conscripts 'Hollow, he started back in sudden bewilderment.
The Young Mountaineers Short Stories Mary Noailles Murfree 1886
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I also found a notice of services, etc., and among these I found the announcement that at 11.30 (that is about half an hour later) there would be a special service for the Conscripts, that is to say, the draft of young men who were being taken from their homes in that little town and sent to serve in the French Army; sent (as it happened) at an awful moment, when the French Army was encamped at a parting of the ways.
A Miscellany of Men 1905
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"Conscripts" because they really haven't any choice other than to turn off the radio, there simply isn't much else besides Rush Radio and Fox.
Think Progress 2009
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However, in my science-fiction computerized digital-reality, there are Programs, Conscripts and Users.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - And now, some words about Science Fiction… 2009
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Conscripts were sent to fight and die there, despite Mr. Putin's promise that only professionals would serve in hot spots.
Russia's Fading Army Fights Losing Battle to Reform Itself Richard Boudreaux 2011
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Thanks for the past couple of months since a brief meeting and chance to dine together among a crowd of Conscripts.
TeeMorris.com » Blog Archive » Perseverence and Peter Gabriel 2009
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Conscripts have traditionally been encouraged to view their service as helping to protect Germany, which in turn has helped cultivate the general view of the armed forces as peacekeepers rather than fighters.
German defence chief ponders end to 'citizens in uniform' 2010
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Conscripts are commonly referred to as "citizens in uniform".
German defence chief ponders end to 'citizens in uniform' 2010
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Conscripts also can't serve abroad, so many end up working in kitchens or at desk jobs.
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Publisher: Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, Inc. Conscripts on the march; the story of the soldier from Napoleon to the nuclear age [by] S.E. Ellacott by S.E. Ellacott
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