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  • The outcome owed much to the inspirational performance of South Korea's captain,

    South Korea Blanks Greece 2-0 2010

  • “In my last voyage homeward-bound,” said the captain,

    A Message from the Sea 2007

  • Lord Henry, and on shore went the San Philip at Ostend, to be plundered by the Flushingers; while the San Matthew, whose captain,

    Westward Ho! 2007

  • “In my last voyage homeward-bound,” said the captain,

    A Message from the Sea 2007

  • If you looked up the little island of Tana Masa on the map you would find it just on the Equator, not far south of Sumatra; but if you were on the deck of the Kandong Bandoeng and asked its captain,

    The War with the Newts 2006

  • The 17th day of July we saw the place which our captain,

    The North-West Passage 2003

  • “Your housekeeper has gone,” whispered the captain,

    No Name 2003

  • He glared at the advancing crowd generally, but addressed his remarks especially to their captain,

    The Idiot 2002

  • Three Australians are mimicking their retiring captain,

    USA TODAY Latest news 2000

  • It is also ironic that this happened at a time when we were celebrating the news that our men's national soccer squad captain,

    ANC CONDEMNS SOCCER VIOLENCE 2000

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