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Next day he interviewed his two subordi - nates, Manders and Reilly, reckless youngsters who were as elated as if it were a deer-hunt.
Chennai 2010
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Providing technical advice and assistance to ammunition officers in subordi-nate CSGs and ammunition supply units.
FM 9-6 Chapter 2 United States Army 1998
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Determining brigade ammunition requirements based on input from subordi-nate battalions and knowledge of upcoming tactical operations.
FM 9-6 Chapter 2 United States Army 1998
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Though subordi-nate in age and status to the visiting Ijaju, her healing skills were respected throughout the region.
The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997
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Broh watched while Anzeljermeit inspected his subordi-nate.
Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982
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Some - thing like a unitary reduction is proposed, however, and some concern is manifested for the difference between a principal motif (Hauptmotiv) and a subordi - nate one (Nebenmotif).
MOTIF HARRY LEVIN 1968
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Such considerations, while present in Ogle - thorpe's venture in founding Georgia, were subordi - nated to his humanitarian aim of rehabilitating unfor - tunates who had been imprisoned for debt.
PHILANTHROPY MERLE CURTI 1968
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Among recent thinkers preoccupied with the prob - lem of classification is the Soviet writer Bonifatii M. Kedrov whose system is a closed, cyclical, and tight structure based on principles of objectivity, subordi - nation, and transition from lower to higher forms.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas PIERRE SPEZIALI 1968
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Socialism, on the other hand, appeared to stress communal efforts and the subordi - nation of individual or group interests to the common good.
NATIONALISM HANS KOHN 1968
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The other typical ethical concepts — right and virtue — are definitely subordi - nated.
RIGHT AND GOOD ABRAHAM EDEL 1968
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