As years passed by and the air of Irish Independence spread, the estate was sold to the Patrician Brothers, who operated the property as a popular boys school.

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Within two years after the war ended, the Air Force was granted independence from the Army, and then went on to become first among equals in Pentagon councils during the early years of the Cold War.

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She worked as a clerk in the Israeli Air Force during the war of independence.

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The next administration and the next Congress need to detoxify the conversation over clean air, clean water, protecting the health of American families, preserving our wild places, seeking energy independence, and saving endangered birds and wildlife.

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