• Anywhere else, the flip-flopping would be enough to have the general and his men in front of a firing squad.

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  • On the ground, the general and his Warriors, the official name for Afghan soldiers, get off to a flying start.

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  • In January, after four years of work by the general and his staff, Silvio Berlusconi's cabinet approved a change in the frontier.

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  • One suggestion is that sanctions might be tightened and an attempt made to freeze some of the personal assets of the general and his men.

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  • Rick Santorum has a Google problem, a Puritan problem in the general, and his general overt fundamentalism will not grab the attention of independents.

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  • But he then reversed himself and sacked the top general and his ministry's most senior civilian official for failing to inform him properly.

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  • While the exact meaning of that statement is unclear, an indication of what the general - and his boss, the Commander-in-Chief - have in mind might have been the subject of a report in the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.

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  • The report, compiled by the Auditor General and his officials, was presented to the National Assembly on 13 January 2012.

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  • But in the last few months, there has been evidence of tension between the attorney general and his deputy.

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  • The Secretary-General and his wife then met with the President of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, and Mrs.

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  • Snow, who often voted with the Republicans, was considered one of the most conservative Democrats in the General Assembly, and his record reflected the views of his constituents.

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  • When Harris declined to permit Wheetley to search his truck, the officer allowed his police narcotics dog Aldo, a German Shepard trained to detect certain narcotics, to sniff the general area and the dog alerted his handler to the possible existence of drugs.

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  • If, on the other hand, the general keeps his promise, and restores the democratic constitution, the Supreme Court decision means that his presidency risks becoming legally invalid, despite the referendum.

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  • At some point during the pursuit, the villain runs out of bullets, and just in case subtlety is lost on the audience, the now desperate villain throws his gun in the general direction of his pursuer and runs for his life.

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  • Asked about ambitions to be Prime Minister, Johnson said he wished to serve his remaining time as Mayor and secure a Conservative win at the next general election and added speculation over his career was a "measure of the triviality" in politics.

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  • The Canadian general and the other members of his commission are expected to provide the governments with another update report within the next few days.

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  • The Secretary-General and his delegation departed Turkey early on Tuesday morning, 10 May, for Geneva, Switzerland.

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  • And I think that's one of the areas that we'll, obviously, be talking to the secretary-general and his colleagues about.

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  • The Secretary-General and his delegation departed later that evening for Muscat, Oman.

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  • The Secretary-General and his delegation departed from Port of Spain early Sunday morning, 29 November, and returned to New York around mid-afternoon the same day.

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  • Already the President has fired one inspector general, and his Treasury Department is challenging the independence of a different inspector general.

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  • And in a phone call with General Allen this weekend, the President expressed his condolences to the General for the loss of the two officers that you mention in the Interior Ministry, and thanked General Allen for his efforts in protecting and making secure American personnel, both military and civilian, in Afghanistan.

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  • He may also have been affecting a spurious veneration for the court and his belief in the judicial system, seeking to compare his deference for authority with the unruliness and general disrespect exhibited by most criminals.

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  • In 2008, she worked for Vice President Biden in various capacities, travelling with him as his Issues Director during the general election campaign and serving as his Deputy Chief of Staff and Policy Director in the U.S. Senate -- where she managed domestic and economic policy development and legislative initiatives -- as well as his principal domestic policy advisor during his own Presidential campaign.

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  • The President called General John Allen today to congratulate him on his promotion to the rank of general, earning his fourth star, and his assumption of command of the NATO International Security Assistance Force -- ISAF -- and U.S. Forces Afghanistan.

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  • Because of his lost profits and the general market conditions, his supervisors ordered him to rein in the risks he was taking.

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  • Meanwhile, the President has nominated General Dunford to be the next commander of ISAF, and reiterates his belief that the Senate should act swiftly to confirm General Dunford.

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  • And he did so as someone who truly loved the original, who respected his source material, and who as a general rule carved it with the grain and not against it in his attempt to shape it into the needs of a big budget film trilogy.

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  • But Najib was weakened by the razor-thin margin with which he kept his seat in the general elections, and Razaleigh disappointed by failing to deliver his native Kelantan to UMNO.

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  • On the contrary, in a culture where winning is all-important, his flaunted relationships with beautiful women and the general perception that he plays fast and loose with the law are factors in his favor.

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