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"They say the weather's better at Lompoc, but the commissary's better at Taft," Mr. Lerach said.
Closing Argument: 2008
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Named after the NBC commissary's weekly fish special.
Buzzwords 2008
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Feeds, in contact with all of our affiliates across the country whether there's breaking news or breaking weather, we are going to be on it here right from the fifth floor now, which, you don't care about it either except that the commissary's on the fourth floor, so now we're a little closer to the restaurant.
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After dark we were again in the saddle and riding out to Obraja, in charge of a commissary's party, with provisions for the detachment of foot.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Various
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When his companions had all returned with long faces, he went to the commissary's office and asked if the contract had been given.
The True Citizen, How to Become One W. F. Markwick
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Over it hundreds of thousands of soldiers and citizens were carried to the front, and millions of tons of merchandise and supplies were poured into the quarter-master's, commissary's and medical departments all along the line.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 Various
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At the time of which I now write, officers in the quartermaster's, commissary's and adjutant -- general's departments were appointed from the line of the army, and did not vacate their regimental commissions until their regimental and staff commissions were for the same grades.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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"You did not break any of the commissary's bones, did you?"
Willis the Pilot Paul Adrien
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The commissary's clerk inside the building was quite unmoved by the name of Josiah K. Schultz, of Boston, Massachusetts.
The Soul of the War Philip Gibbs 1919
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Their first task was to introduce the Italian language and make it obligatory, although the commissary's own employees would often be not more acquainted with it than with Hindustani.
The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Henry Baerlein 1917
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