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The Rough Trade high-command considered Factory's prime movers "mad", which speaks volumes about the great attitudinal gap that separated them, perfectly crystallised by the light years between Travis and Wilson? one an ethereal kind of pragmatist, the latter a gleefully hopeless businessman and compulsive self-mythologiser, whose gilded view of Factory's story soon blurred with reality in just the way he wanted.
Document and Eyewitness by Neil Taylor and Shadowplayers by James Nice 2010
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Halman and the other radiomen closed the last of the portholes as the skipper came on the loudspeaker and ordered operators to broadcast a distress call over the high-command network.
The Attack on the Liberty James Scott 2009
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The Saratogas radio operators, likely stunned by the emergency message over the high-command network, struggled to decipher Halmans distress call.
The Attack on the Liberty James Scott 2009
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Mr. Destatte also had the audacity to testify that the Vietnamese high-command was unaware that the Cubans were torturing American POWs, and it was stopped once they found out.
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On Congress 'recent' Bellary Chalo 'Padayatra over illegal mining and the public meeting held in the mine-rich town, Yeddyurappa said sarcastically that the Congress high-command was happy with state leaders "for coming out of slumber".
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The high-command also asked the district leaders to oversee the activities of the party men whether any of them had earlier intruded from other party, especially from Jamaat-Shibir, to seek fortune during the AL-led grand alliance government, they said, adding, the district committees have also been asked to take help of the intelligence agencies, if necessary, to identify the fortune seekers or intruders.
The New Nation 2010
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One school of thought holds that, given the breadth of skills required for today's high-command jobs, officers should be selected and groomed at an early stage of their careers, with tours in Washington, battlefield commands and time in civilian graduate schools.
Outside the Beltway 2010
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Meanwhile, the Congress high-command in New Delhi also wanted the issue buried.
Analysis 2010
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Meanwhile, the Congress high-command in New Delhi also wanted the issue buried.
Analysis 2010
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Meanwhile, the Congress high-command in New Delhi also wanted the issue buried.
Analysis 2010
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