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And while one can spend hours whiling away the time on one of its flag-ship beaches such as Horseshoe Bay, Somerset Long Bay or Tobacco Beach, there is a quiet formality to the island.
Losing Oneself in Bermuda William Lyons 2011
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Most notably, in recognition of the need to expand service opportunities for Americans across the country and to build the capacity of local and national service organizations, it called for AmeriCorps, our country's flag-ship national service program, to triple in size from 75,000 to 250,000 over nine years.
Greg Propper: Service: More Important than Ever Greg Propper 2011
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Most notably, in recognition of the need to expand service opportunities for Americans across the country and to build the capacity of local and national service organizations, it called for AmeriCorps, our country's flag-ship national service program, to triple in size from 75,000 to 250,000 over nine years.
Greg Propper: Service: More Important than Ever Greg Propper 2011
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These boats were five in number, and making one of them my flag-ship, expecting that we might come upon certain batteries reported to be located upon the Kentucky shore of the Ohio, I directed the rest to follow my lead.
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Fortunately the orders sent back from the flag-ship were to the effect that he should do the best he could and follow slowly, if necessary remaining in position until the fleet could return from its mission and salvage the disabled vessel.
"The War of the Planets" by Harl Vincent, part 7 Johnny Pez 2009
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Fortunately the orders sent back from the flag-ship were to the effect that he should do the best he could and follow slowly, if necessary remaining in position until the fleet could return from its mission and salvage the disabled vessel.
Archive 2009-09-01 Johnny Pez 2009
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Sorry Fraser Nelson; delegating your 'promise' to one of the deck hands is not sufficient; particularly as he (or did you draft it) attempts to rubbish one of the first class passengers on this once conservative flag-ship of journalism, which has apparently now been boarded by pirates from the EUSSR.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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The pilot I left on his own ship, after disabling the radio so that no further communication could be had with the flag-ship and, at the point of the ray-pistol, I forced the commander to return to the Pioneer with me.
Archive 2009-09-01 Johnny Pez 2009
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As the 'flag-ship' of the México Indígena project in Oaxaca, where a 'successful' mapping survey of community lands had been overseen with full participation from the community and the results posted on the México Indígena website.
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The pilot I left on his own ship, after disabling the radio so that no further communication could be had with the flag-ship and, at the point of the ray-pistol, I forced the commander to return to the Pioneer with me.
"The War of the Planets" by Harl Vincent, part 7 Johnny Pez 2009
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