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This book, purportedly based on transcripts of interrogations of the arrested coup plotters, but spiced up with imagined conversations and polemical asides, was put together in late 1991 by the Russian procurator-general and his deputy, the very men who were preparing the state's case against the accused.
'The Gorbachev Factor': An Exchange Knight, Amy 1997
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One of her guests, a procurator-general was so intoxicated at one of her receptions that he insulted one of Anne's most trusted advisers; she was a witness, but only laughed heartily.
The Story of Russia R. Van Bergen
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Alonso Sánchez left the Philippines with his appointment as procurator-general for the Augustine Order of monks.
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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Attached to it are a procurator-general and six advocates-general.
The Governments of Europe Frederic Austin Ogg 1914
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Other colleagues of Cesi, in the foundation of the Academy, were Fabio Colonna, the author of "Fitobasano" (a history of rare plants), and of other scientific works, and Francesco Stelluti, procurator-general of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Another version is given by Raymond of Fronsac, procurator-general of the order (Archiv, III, 18), and by Bonagratia of Bergamo (Archiv, III, 36).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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In 1889 he was chosen procurator-general of his order, and in July, 1892, was preconized titular Bishop of Lacedonia.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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As a last resort he was forced to excommunicate the procurator-general and the members of the Grand
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Sorbonne had passed against the doctrine of infallibility, Louis, after inviting the procurator-general to appeal against it comme d'abus, desisted from further action.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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He must have been a man of business capacity, as at the assembly of the clergymen of Maryland and Pennsylvania, which convened at Whitemarsh, in 1784, he was unanimously elected procurator-general, whose duty it was to preside over the management of the various estates of the clergy.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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