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Belleville, Montmartre, and Montparnasse, -- known as the "apaches" -- to the country, in small gangs, to reap the wheat harvest, and he also employs them in the government cartridge and ammunition factories.
Paris War Days Diary of an American Charles Inman Barnard
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But some of his friends were inclined to think that he had been the victim of pure murderous sport on the part of the gangs of _voyous_, ancestors of the later "apaches," who infested the capital.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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These apaches didn't take Libya territory as base.
U.K, French Helicopters Strike Libyan Targets Joe Parkinson 2011
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Does he really need to go there again to see that it is messed up or should he acted like McCain and act like the place is secure while blackhawks and apaches fly over head.
New Obama Ad on Leadership - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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LUI: John, I understand that you service the apaches, that's what your job is, to make sure that those helicopters remain safe and that they are sturdy and that they can function each and every day and for every mission.
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Gerónimo fue un jefe de indios apaches que con su gente asoló el norte de México y el sur de Estados Unidos durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX.
Ger��nimo, Skull and Bones y la cabeza de Francisco Villa 2009
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Gerónimo fue un jefe de indios apaches que con su gente asoló el norte de México y el sur de Estados Unidos durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX.
Ger��nimo, Skull and Bones y la cabeza de Francisco Villa 2009
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The ever-present sounds of surveillance drones, F16s, tanks and apaches are listened to acutely as residents try to guess where the next deadly strike will be - which house, school, clinic, mosque, governmental building or community centre will be hit next and how to move before it does.
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Now, I'm not sure exactly what they had in mind, but for me, that means you give the inspectors some serious military support - you give them a team of apaches, light armor and air support.
Mike Stark: Jonah Goldberg Agrees: The French Were Right 2008
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So that air cover by army apaches, of course, is vital to the protection of troops on the ground.
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