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The group included Admiral Dirkson Reed, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a compact man with silvered hair and piercing forest green eyes, who had earned his reputation for courage under fire as commander of the nuclear sub the USS Reagan—a reputation he had burnished many times over in combat and in the halls of power.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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The group included Admiral Dirkson Reed, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a compact man with silvered hair and piercing forest green eyes, who had earned his reputation for courage under fire as commander of the nuclear sub the USS Reagan—a reputation he had burnished many times over in combat and in the halls of power.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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The back of this egregious system of subordination and terrorism needed to be broken — thanks to the leadership of Democratic President Lyndon Johnson and Northern liberal Democrats, with the crucial support of congressional Republicans like Senator Everett Dirkson, and over the vociferous objection of Southern Democrats.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Advice to Rand Paul re: Civil Rights Act of 1964 2010
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The group included Admiral Dirkson Reed, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a compact man with silvered hair and piercing forest green eyes, who had earned his reputation for courage under fire as commander of the nuclear sub the USS Reagan—a reputation he had burnished many times over in combat and in the halls of power.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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The group included Admiral Dirkson Reed, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a compact man with silvered hair and piercing forest green eyes, who had earned his reputation for courage under fire as commander of the nuclear sub the USS Reagan—a reputation he had burnished many times over in combat and in the halls of power.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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Once again, we're expecting Benjamin Netanyahu to speak from the Dirkson office building in Washington D.C. And you will see those comments live when they begin.
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The problem was that, aside from himself, only Dirkson was on duty tonight, and it would take at least ten or fifteen minutes for him to rouse the other officers and dispatch them to The Store.
The Store Little, Bentley 1998
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Well, as the late Senator Everett Dirkson said, we're talking about a million here and a million there and a few million over there and pretty soon we're going to be talking serious money.
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Senator Mansfield was the Majority Leader, Senator Dirkson was Minority Leader and Dirkson was the greatest orator that I have ever heard in my time of Capitol Hill which spans now going on 37 years on Capitol Hill.
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And that's Senator Dirkson at the left, then I believe Senator Sparkman is just the other side of the Madame.
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