I was in bad situations during the seven years of the war and seven years in the merchant navy after that. |
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I put my face gently against his chest and wept openly onto his dark navy blue shirt. |
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When he struck early on December 27 he was wearing black jeans and a navy hooded top piped with red. |
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My uniform was a navy gym frock and blazer, a white blouse, and black lisle or woollen stockings. |
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The navy was desperately in need of a cold storehouse near the water, so that the sailors' beef would not go bad before it was put on shipboard. |
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Many British navy and army officers hated the 'flash language' used by convicts. |
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The final selection was a navy tracksuit with grey polo shirt for boys, and blue polo shirt for the girls. |
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It was obvious to everyone in Washington that the existing navy was unequal to the task of effective blockade. |
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In 1992 three female navy veterans applied for admission to the daytime veterans' program. |
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His wife has heavily lacquered Big Hair, a white blazer, and a navy blue pleated skirt. |
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Much Afghan jewelry features lapis lazuli, a navy blue semiprecious stone that's mined in the mountains. |
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Ships were built both to modernize the navy and to catch the overflow of trade. |
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A fleet was built up to shepherd merchant ships to and fro across the Atlantic and protect them from pirates, and the Casa ran its own navy yard. |
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The choices were a black pant suit, a navy blue skirt suit, and a dark grey pant suit. |
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If he slipped on a navy blazer, he would be sporting the traditional attire of every rugby player in every club in the country. |
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There was a huge evacuation, the army, the air force and the navy were all involved. |
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Most males wore navy suits with gold or cream shirts, while women wore black and gold two-pieces. |
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There was a long navy blue limo outside and Nick was sitting on the roof, his feet dangling inside through the moon roof, holding out a rose. |
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This way of thinking stayed with him when he left the navy and, unknown to him, he carried on storing away his problems. |
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She was carrying a navy and black zip-up holdall and wore a black Nike hooded top and faded blue jeans. |
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Otley-born Roy left school at 14, joined the merchant navy at 15 and by the time he was 18 had made eight Atlantic crossings. |
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Light brown, navy and black are the colours Joseph has in mind for the suits. |
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Sophia started to tug the Guard's navy dress coat, lightly jingling the badges on her left breast pocket. |
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So while the navy will be recruiting fewer men and women, higher standards will be applied to those trying to join up. |
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Threads of rose and gold stretched across the sky as navy faded into cobalt. |
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She smoothed her navy blue plaid uniform skirt and hugged her jacket around herself tightly. |
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She had medium-length straight dark hair and wore a navy blue sweater and dark trousers. |
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If the network is implemented, the navy will achieve its goal of information sharing between its ships and command centers on shore. |
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Pilot Cloth is a coarse, heavy, stout twilled woolen that is heavily napped and navy blue. |
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The man is described as 25, white, wearing a white polo shirt with short sleeves and navy shorts down to his knees. |
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The royal bodyguard and a navy were maintained and the revenue to support them raised. |
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Although it had enjoyed a brief flourishing under Cardinal Richelieu in the 1630s, Mazarin had allowed the navy to sink into decay. |
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Patriotic colours of red, navy and white as well as pastel tweeds were striking. |
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The navy announces a submarine has suffered a malfunction but says it only has been missing for one day. |
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We must have sold millions and millions and millions of yards of navy blue cashmere or pure wools, beautiful quality fabrics, which I always did. |
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A navy two-piece with an inoffensive hat should help the day pass without incident. |
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School uniform was navy blue with a red blouse for the girls and a white shirt with a red tie for the boys. |
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When last seen, he was wearing a navy blazer, a light-blue check shirt, navy trousers, and black shoes. |
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One of the navy blue curtains covered half of the huge bay window on the opposite wall. |
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Suppose the debt repudiated, the sinecurists cut off, the army disbanded, the officers and men of the navy discharged and the ships sold. |
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I changed into the business suit of a navy blazer and blue skirt and looked in the mirror. |
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And the competent staff slink around in navy blue tunics with mandarin collars. |
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Smaller and less centralized, the Continental navy drew upon experienced seamen and where necessary relied on training on shipboard. |
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The Red Army and navy attempted to relieve the city with a huge amphibious assault, the Kerch-Feodosiya operation, on 25 December. |
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Linda, the daughter of Pembrokeshire county councillor, Norman Parry, rode side-saddle in her navy blue riding habit. |
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The incident happened in waters where the navy was conducting a massive sonar exercise. |
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When she vanished Sammy was wearing navy tracksuit bottoms with a white stripe down both legs. |
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But when Greek army and navy units mutinied in Egypt in April 1944 there were a number of deaths. |
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During the second world war he served in the navy as a ship's psychiatrist. |
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The classic navy and black pieces are lined with seersucker and trimmed in contrasting ribbon. |
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The 19th cent. saw the British merchant navy at its strongest before international competition had bitten deep. |
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At the start of World War II, he entered the Royal navy and served with distinction on mine sweepers, destroyers, and rocket launchers. |
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The Chinese navy is determined to fulfill its blue-water ambitions, even if it takes a generation or more. |
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The Coast Guard began racial integration on shipboard, and the navy followed on some fleet auxiliary ships. |
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For evening, her navy tuxedo jacket has satin trim on the collar, pocket and sleeves, and is a modern twist on a classic design. |
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Therefore, the question of having a navy and of its parameters far transcends the bounds of military tasks alone for any state. |
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The Confederate navy was spectacularly successful with its commerce raiders, which harassed and destroyed Union ships in global warfare. |
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He was wearing a navy Polo shirt and slightly baggy jeans that looked quite good on him. |
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Massive manhunt operations are under way involving not only police but also the navy and the air force. |
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Beyond this is the outermost sea space, where the navy would operate shore-based naval aircraft and submarines with ship-to-ship missiles. |
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By the time the air force and navy finished their attack on the ship, 34 people were dead, 171 injured, and the ship ready for the scrap heap. |
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You may also use canned navy beans which you should add after the other vegetables are cooked. |
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The navy consisted of twenty ships at the maximum and about ten were supply and merchant ships. |
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His silk cravat suddenly felt as though it may choke him at any moment and his navy blue tailcoat seemed overbearing. |
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If the army and navy are in poor condition, the air force is possibly in worse state. |
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You couldn't move in London for women in tall brown boots, worn over their navy blue jeans. |
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For all practical purposes, the Japanese navy had ceased to exist as an organized fighting force. |
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The number of destroyers, frigates and submarines each in the Pakistan navy are approximately half that of India. |
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He said that members of the British merchant navy were civilians and had no military status. |
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This discounted the ability of the Allied air force and navy to isolate and attack the islands, one by one. |
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The Japanese navy has been trailing the submarine with two destroyers and a surveillance airplane, a defense agency spokesman said. |
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No ship in Victoria's navy was as well supplied with wine, pickles, and preserves as Challenger. |
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For eyes, try intense pigments such as deep aubergine, navy blue, black, darkest charcoal or even copper, followed by mascara. |
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She wore a navy serge skirt, white silk blouse, saxe blue cardigan, and a yard of broad saxe blue ribbon at either end of her waist-long plait. |
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The navy had an emergency decompression chamber on stand by in case one of the divers suffered the bends. |
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The girls are all demurely dressed in pleated navy blue skirts with pale blue and white sailor tops. |
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She was also wearing a navy and white zip-up tracksuit top and round gold earrings. |
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The new way to wear navy blue is to make sure it is very dark and styled with a contemporary flourish. |
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She had changed out of her gray traveling suit into her simple navy blue skirt and blouse. |
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The happy couple met while they were both in the merchant navy in 1948, but only starting going out together a decade ago. |
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She suggests brownish black, or navy blue, which enhances the whites of your eyes. |
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A neatly dressed footman in navy blue livery stood, alert, by its side and a pair of gleaming chestnut horses were in harness. |
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Prime Minister Curtin emphasized Australia's need for an adequate merchant navy and shipbuilding and repair facilities. |
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Its merchant marine was the largest in the world as was the navy that looked after it. |
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One of them was wearing a navy baseball cap with the letter N printed on the front. |
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His father, with an air of exhaustion, wore a navy blazer and pale green shirt and tie. |
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In 483 B.C., the Athenian statesman Themistocles persuaded his fellow Athenians to build a navy of one hundred triremes. |
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This crisp striped tie will match perfectly with navy and gray suits, or light tweed suits. |
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He was wearing dark riding breeches, which were either a very dark navy blue, or black. |
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Ships of our navy have had occasional run-ins with pirates and marauders, but war for us is like the vaguest memory. |
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As Thembu men and women aged, their beadwork remained predominantly navy and white, but now contrasted with pink. |
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He wore black shoes, navy blue jeans, white T-shirt and a white zippered jacket. |
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He was last seen wearing a blue and white striped polo shirt, green zip-up fleece, navy track-suit bottoms and navy trainers. |
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He served in the merchant navy and later the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. |
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Mr Shackleton remembered his attacker was wearing a navy blue crew-neck sweater with a badge emblem and red writing on it. |
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Refusing exemption, he had joined the navy as a lieutenant and was about to take charge of the Admiralty's Educational Film Unit. |
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We went from Day's show at the navy's immense old boiler smithy to another former navy site, Base Camp, where Malene Birger held her show. |
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Padding around in a navy top, chiffon skirt and bare, red-nailed feet, she is nobody's idea of a demanding PR lady. |
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For cold weather wear there was a navy blue cape. The normal Yeoman's rating badge was worn on the jacket's left sleeve. |
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It had been a while since he had worn anything but the heavy grey pants, white tunic, and navy half coat that made up his uniform. |
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The wrap colors include a multi blue, black, white, red, turquoise, purple, jade green, navy blue, gold and a maroon type of color. |
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They booted another two goals while a resolute navy unit kicked one more to end the game with an average of one per quarter. |
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You can imagine my disappointment when I was issued with my flying suit, a dowdy navy blue number complete with fetching leather skullcap. |
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During the course of the dispute, the government has mobilised 19,000 army, navy and air force troops to provide emergency cover. |
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He wore plain dark trainers, black jeans, a white pullover and a black wool-like coat, with a navy shoulder strap bag hanging behind him. |
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We watched from a bedroom window as a taxi drew up and a good-looking woman in a trim navy suit approached the front door. |
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He attempted to use the support of the navy to lay the basis of an armed force under his own command. |
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However, the Confederate navy had never been given munificent funds to work with. |
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Followed by her was a man no older then Alex and Anna, in a dark navy blue blazer and blue jeans. |
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The British warship then sailed for an exercise with the Finnish navy before making her way to the Latvian capital, Riga. |
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We wore the school uniform of white, long-sleeved shirt, navy slacks, and boarding-school-issue mukluks. |
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She wore denim jeans, a sky blue cotton jersey with navy blue sleeves, and a beaded necklace. |
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The pan-seared salmon sat on a white-wine ragout of navy beans and shiitake mushrooms and was perfectly cooked to order both times I sampled it. |
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She looked stunning in a figurehugging navy Roland Mouret bandage dress and high heels. |
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The Athenian fleet was operating in the northern Aegean, with a combined Corinthian and Spartan navy in pursuit. |
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She put on mascara, navy blue eyeliner, dark blue eye shadow, pale pink lipstick, and pale peach blush. |
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The law was originally designed to protect the merchant navy from financial ruin during wartime. |
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Orders are now being taken for all sizes and are available in navy blue and black. |
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He was dressed in a light blue flannel shirt over a white undershirt and navy blue jeans. |
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He served in the navy for five years, and was described by his senior naval commanders as a superior able seaman. |
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There was also a story on Friday of a boatload of people on Ashmore Reef in a leaky boat, who our navy had refused to pick up. |
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He had on a navy blue suit that really suited him, with a plain red tie knotted round his neck. |
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The place was full of big bellied old West Ham supporters, complete with navy tattoos with the fat slags from Viz in tow. |
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I came home today instead of tomorrow, I was able to wangle myself a seat on a navy transport from Groton. |
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In the 1920s and well into the '30s, the Sunday dress for the men was a navy suit, sometimes a waistcoat or the occasional pullover. |
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The navy constructed this rectangular-shaped lake several decades ago to test its early torpedoes. |
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He was wearing a brown apron with a white button up flannel shirt that had the sleeves rolled up and navy blue trousers. |
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The standard now unrolled, the material snapped in the brisk wind, royal blue and navy coloured thread embracing the silver King's crest. |
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Anybody who needs to correct someone about beauty college not being a real college has a navy bean for a heart and a kindness quotient of zip. |
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Also remarkable were the fresh, uncontrived performances of the merchant navy crew who formed the cast. |
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Without the navy they couldn't control their colonies, thus losing them to other world powers. |
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One former naval officer said the case represented a sea-change in navy management style. |
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Aislinn started, the locket falling from her hand and resting on the navy cotton bosom of her dress as she whirled toward the sound. |
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For something dramatic, the shop has gloves in navy with a natty magenta trim or purple and red pairs trimmed with rabbit fur. |
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According to the conscription law, those in the army must serve three years, while those in the navy and air force serve four. |
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Anti-aircraft missiles were on standby and the Spanish navy was also patrolling the seaside city. |
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Shortly after the operation got under way, the North Korean navy reacted with surprise and precision. |
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Richelieu also worked off of the logic that a major European power needed a navy to survive and to protect any expanding merchant fleet. |
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A musical career proved fruitless, however, and he joined the merchant navy and later, legend has it, became a pirate. |
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Born in Scotland, Jones enlisted in the British merchant navy at the age of thirteen. |
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Whether it be for a family occasion, a business meeting or a interview, we have a range of lounge suits in black, navy and grey. |
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In its more than 300-year history, the Russian navy has given rise to many glorious professional traditions. |
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But all beans, including cream-colored navy beans and garbanzo beans, contain iron, folate, zinc, and a bit of calcium. |
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The navy single-breasted reefer jacket continues to be fashionable when a formal look is wanted. |
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An edict was issued to this effect and by 1636, France had a navy of nearly 40 ships. |
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America was just starting to build a navy that could compete with other world powers. |
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He was wearing a blue baseball cap and a navy blue tracksuit jacket that was unzipped. |
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He was wearing a navy blue suit complete with a black tie and carried a small canvas bag. |
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He opened it up to reveal navy blue walls, and a bed covered with a thin bedspread. |
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In the collection for this winter, leaf-green, chestnut, grey and navy are set off with broken stripes in unusual shades. |
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He wore a navy blazer with gilt buttons, smooth tubes of grey terylene trousers, a red and blue striped tie. |
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He was a surgeon lieutenant in the navy and a major in the special forces for the sultan of Oman. |
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That thought brought her attention to the navy school bag she still had on her back. |
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He stopped occasionally and stared at the bold red lettering over the navy blue background. |
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He was wearing a white shirt, brown woollen trousers, a navy woollen jacket belted with a black belt and the cloak the soldier had mentioned. |
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In 2002 the navy reclassified him as missing in action, captured. |
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But they must invest more in the project if the navy is to have ships to cope with a variety of situations in the future, and be a team player in future events. |
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Baked beans, lima beans, navy beans and kidney beans are all good choices. |
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For the trendy man about town this season, cable-knit pullovers or cardigans in neutral shades such as greys and browns or navy blue are suggested. |
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The French navy was the most significant victim of this period of experimentation and had lost several ships which had keeled over and sank due to design faults. |
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It is named in honour of the Right Honourable Terrence Lewin, who served in the navy for 43 years-rising to become Admiral of the Fleet and Chief of Defence Staff. |
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The air force and navy were considered primarily as adjuncts to the army. |
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He is, after all, a navy veteran who whistles for his children, a widower withdrawn so deeply into mourning that he flees from the memories that possess his home. |
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Usually he would wear a plain shirt with some jeans on mufti day, but standing in front of my eyes, he was wearing dark coloured jeans with a navy polo shirt. |
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This consists of an apparently paint-soiled navy boiler suit. |
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Within a navy blue duffel bag were clattering bone-hued beads, amulets, and bracelets. |
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She refused to meet his gaze, eyes resting instead on the gold accent of his navy blue coat, or the thick leather belt still decorating his broad chest. |
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The man was wearing a dark navy suit, which fitted his body like a glove. |
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Available in black, navy blue, royal blue, red, and sage green. |
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He had been detailed to work briefly in Newport before going on to the big navy yard in Washington. |
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By 2010 the transition to a blue-water navy would be complete. |
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Middleton's navy MaxMara jacket and Orla Kiely skirt, however, were no match for the blustery weather. |
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I left my church Sunday on 8th Street Southeast, in Washington D.C.'s navy yard district. |
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The pensioners wear a distinctive three-quarter length uniform coat, navy blue in winter and scarlet in the summer, which dates from the 18th century. |
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At the battle of Salamis, that navy had entrapped and smashed the Persian fleet. |
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Less than 25 minutes from the navy yard, Sharpshooters Small Arms Range is the definition of nondescript. |
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They are a key part of Beijing's plans to transform its navy from an obsolete coastal force to a blue-water fleet capable of power projection far afield. |
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The substantial increase in the navy in this period is ascribed to him. |
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He is wearing a light blue terry cloth golf shirt, and navy cords. |
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That same night they were picked up they were taken to a Russian navy base in Sevastopol and each was put in a separate cell. |
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He said the brokers promise that the Italian navy will pick them up, which he says has actually driven the prices down. |
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The songs of that age had themes of social responsibility, singing the praises of navy soldiers who guarded the country's shores, or the beauty of the motherland. |
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Ninety per cent of the merchant navy had to be handed over, along with 10 per cent of the cattle and a substantial proportion of the rolling stock of the state railway. |
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Sun brought his little navy up to Canton and bombarded Lu's yamen. |
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However, other relatives are the navy bean, black beans and pinto beans. |
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The sergeant grew up at Robin Hood's Bay before joining the merchant navy and sailing to West Africa, where a bout of blackwater fever put an end to his maritime career. |
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The light was fading and the sky had rings of black, purple and navy making their way up to the small point of light in the center part of the sky. |
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Plus, I think I could carry off navy and luminous yellow with aplomb. |
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The Russian navy relies on the Syrian port Tartus for access to the Mediterranean Sea. |
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Legend has it she met George McCrae when he was doing his military service in the navy and he spotted her in a Pensacola restaurant while on shore leave. |
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Over the weekend, a team of navy divers, engineers and foreign consultants injected nitrogen into flooded compartments, partly righting it, Petrobras said. |
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She opened her show with business wear, starting with a beautifully fitted navy wool jacket with shirred collar and cuffs paired with a pencil skirt. |
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Tuesday's incident follows last Sunday's sighting by the Philippine navy of four Chinese vessels and 10 smaller boats in various areas of the shoal. |
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Sailors will still want cash for shore leave, but the navy can arrange for that to be made available by civilian contractors in ports to be visited. |
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Had he returned, he could have leveled the navy yard's support facilities, thereby destroying the Navy's industrial capacity and setting back salvage operations. |
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The Chinese navy now buying sophisticated Russian warships and submarines. |
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Some other good choices include navy beans, chickpeas and kidney beans. |
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A lot of us are curious to know exactly what the navy has been told to do. |
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Abramovic was wearing a floor-length navy blue robe, a pigtail over her right shoulder. |
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The rug was navy blue and the walls were painted white with a blue border. |
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Derek stood there, wearing a navy and white striped shirt and khaki pants. |
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Before the arrests, the Italian navy had defended the men, lauding them for warding off pirates and protecting the Italian vessel. |
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I fished a crumpled copy of my class schedule from my navy suit jacket. |
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Wear it with neutral tones of grey and navy for a modern look. |
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The Italian navy tweeted regular updates of the saved-to-stranded passenger ratio. |
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He served two tours as a lieutenant in the navy in Vietnam between December 1967 and April 1969, when he returned to the US with three Purple Hearts and a Silver Star. |
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He joined the navy as a midshipman when he was 16, and two years later sailed with Captain Bligh on the expedition to carry breadfruit plants from Tahiti to the West Indies. |
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He wore white trainers, dark blue jeans and a navy blue hooded top. |
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Britain had the world's most powerful navy and a small army. |
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During that period Spain had the most powerful navy in the world. |
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They would protect the country's navy in the first instance but would also offer a potential platform for theatre missile defence linked to a strategic defence system. |
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At the same time we have deployed our navy to harass and turn away boats. |
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He had left the navy in disgrace after an affair with a young girl. |
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During World War II, they found themselves attaching a large number of specialized navy and marine support units to the combat divisions sent ashore in amphibious operations. |
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An erk is British slang for an unranked air force and navy person. |
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Her figure was so slender and graceful in the navy blue dress she wore. |
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Following the closure of the US naval base, its administration passed from the navy to the US Department of the Interior in 1951, as an unincorporated territory. |
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Last week, the Australian navy took family members of the lost crew members out to the wreck site, where they held a ceremony and dropped wreaths into the water. |
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After World War II begins, Zinn decides to enlist in the Air Force as a bombardier even though his navy yard job would have provided an exemption. |
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He entered the navy at 13 as a midshipman and soon demonstrated that despite enthusiasm for the service, his talents were limited and his manners rough. |
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Their bolo ties and navy blue blazers ripple, startled, in the breeze. |
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A group of aging veterans set out to rescue their beloved boat from the scrap heap by striking a deal to buy it from the Turkish navy and sail it home. |
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Whenever the Brazilian fleets arrive on the Tagus, British navy vessels and merchantmen already lie in wait, a continual irritant to Portuguese port authorities. |
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In her old age the Cutty Sark became a merchant navy training ship. |
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Looking up from her bowl of navy bean soup, she couldn't suppress a flash of annoyance as she saw the vaporous figure drifting through the cafeteria. |
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In 1895 Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin attempted to interest both the army and navy in his new rigid airships, but without success. |
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Within hours, the Indonesian navy said dozens of bodies were being seen. |
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Either an enormous sum now had to be found to develop the navy further, or naval expansion had to be abandoned. |
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The military tailoring, in olive cotton twill and navy wool, with nipped waists and charmeuse, recalled his early designs. |
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The rapist was about 40 and wore a navy top, green cagoule, blue jeans and had blonde hair. |
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In 1918 he joined the navy to serve in World War I and was assigned as a radio electrician. |
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Throughout the 18th century the navy yard remained the town's main employer with between 500 and 1,400 men working in the docks. |
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The search for the black box received a boost earlier on Monday when Brazilian navy divers recovered the tail fin of the Airbus A330 jet. |
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Once the nest is completed, the eggs, which are about the size of a navy bean, are laid and incubation begins. |
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So did lace detail on a long sleeve navy shift and a variety of flattering high-waisted A-frames. |
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Harry opted to wear a leopardprint top, a navy coat, torn jeans and winkle-picker shoes as he shared flirty smiles with Cara Delevingne. |
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Since then, the navy has recovered its identity but continues to pride itself on being the Silent Service. |
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But the boat was afloat, and with a hearty shove on the part of the navy and some hearty thanks on ours we were sent flying shipwards. |
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Texel is also famous in military history as the only place where a navy was defeated on horseback. |
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The term was also used by commercial fleets, when the distinction between a nation's navy and merchant fleet was not clear. |
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Helen climbed the bracchi steps, saw a well-padded man wearing a double-breasted navy suit, a camera crew pushing after him through the crush. |
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The navy also organized expeditionary naval infantry units that operated in Africa as landing forces in support of the army units. |
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The blazer had to come from Gwilym Evans in Ponty pridd, as did the Aertex PE top and voluminous navy gym knickers. |
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This fleet narrowly escaped prior to the Ottoman navy assuming control over the Golden Horn, which was accomplished by midday. |
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The navy played a key role at the beginning and during the great voyages of the Age of Discoveries in the 15th and 16th centuries. |
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Most of the campaigns were in charge of the army, but the navy actively supported them, including leading some of the operations. |
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The Venetian navy was used in the Crusades, most notably in the Fourth Crusade. |
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Though it can support the navy during wartime, it resides under the authority of the Ministry of Shipping. |
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In 551, the Roman navy destroyed Totila's fleet and in 552 an overwhelming Byzantine force under Narses entered Italy from the north. |
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He also created the Praetorian Guard along with a permanent navy where served the liberti, or freed slaves. |
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Large parts of the Dutch merchant fleet and navy came to consist of Norwegians and Danes. |
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Spanish victories in Germany and Italy were not enough to matter, and their navy began suffering losses. |
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The failure of the French navy to secure command of the sea opened their own territory to capture. |
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He sent his navy and gunners to support the French and in 1513 led a major army of perhaps 34,000 over the border. |
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The most common adilette livery is in navy blue or black, mixed with white colours. |
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Parliament ended the international transportation of slaves in 1807, and used the Royal navy to enforce that ban. |
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The small navy that Henry VIII inherited from his father had only two sizeable ships, the carracks Regent and Sovereign. |
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At sea it could successfully prevent the English and French navy entering the western shores. |
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However, the term 'merchant' is often used in a variety of specialised contexts such as in merchant banker, merchant navy or merchant services. |
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The navy of the United Provinces of the Netherlands was allied with the Parliamentarians. |
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Pitt formed a triumvirate to direct operations with George Anson in command of the navy and John Ligonier in charge of the army. |
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Blackbeard's death became the stuff of legend and was used by the royal navy in its propaganda campaign in eliminating piracy. |
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Torres entered the navy of the Spanish Crown at some point and found his way to its South American colonies. |
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However, I wrap each navy bean in a small square of aluminum foil to increase the handling time. |
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These gains were impossible to achieve in the navy or working on merchant ships. |
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It was not what you would picture as a typical meeting with a naval officer. In fact, it was about as navy as an Abbott and Costello movie. |
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He joined the Dutch navy as a lieutenant in July 1622, entering service with the Admiralty of the Maze based in Rotterdam. |
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In 1954 aerial observation of sea ice moved from development into operations, with navy weathermen trained by the Hydrographic Office. |
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However, the power of the British Empire did not end on land, since it had the greatest navy on the planet. |
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The Russians were in constant pursuit of a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean, for their navy as well as for maritime trade. |
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The morning shadow on his chin was almost as navy as his heavy-lidded eyes, his cheekbones exquisitely sculptured in his haughty face. |
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Having their own navy the Hansa were able to sweep the Baltic Sea free of pirates. |
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At a meeting with the army, the navy proposed delay until May 1941, when the new battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz would be ready. |
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Russia's tank force is the largest in the world, its surface navy and air force are among the largest ones. |
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Fisher was brought into the Admiralty to reduce naval budgets, and to reform the navy for modern war. |
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A navy of 10,000 vessels, including Pecheneg allies, landed on the Bithynian coast and devastated the Asiatic shore of the Bosphorus. |
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Thus, he divided the navy into those who approved of his innovations and those who did not. |
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She was all covered up in a long navy blue pinstriped coat, black tights and matching Dr Marterns boots. |
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Objections within the navy as a whole were harder to quell and a campaign once again broke out in newspapers. |
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Fisher's aim was 'efficiency of the fleet and its instant readiness for war', which won him support amongst a certain kind of navy officer. |
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Chen Lin continued damaging the Japanese navy with 500 Chinese warships and remnants of the Korean navy. |
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At noon a youngish woman dressed in navy blue trousers and a yellow crewneck sweater emerged from the building and turned right. |
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The main function of the modern navy is to exploit its control of the seaways to project power ashore. |
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The Japanese army, based near Busan, demolished the Korean navy in the Battle of Chilcheollyang on 28 August and began advancing toward China. |
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He was wearing a fawn-coloured bobble hat, navy blue anorak with white trainers and was driven off in a red Montego. |
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Shatavahanahas was known to possess a navy that was widely deployed to influence Southeast Asia, however the extent of their use is not known. |
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He was wearing very short dark shorts, a jacket and a navy and off-white horizontal striped beanie type hat. |
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The man was tall, slim, and wore a navy bobble hat and jacket, blue jeans and white trainers. |
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He had recently visited Berlin, where the German navy had scoffed at how British shells had broken up on their ships' armour. |
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The controversy raged within the navy and in public for about a decade after the war. |
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For the English, the inability of their navy and nearby coastal forts such as Deal Castle to intervene was a humiliation. |
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Using his increased revenues, Philip was the first Capetian king to build a French navy actively. |
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Tirpitz advocated the cause of an expanded navy necessary for Germany to defend her territories abroad. |
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At this point the navy had seven armoured frigates and four armoured corvettes, 400 officers and 5,000 ratings. |
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He started his reign with the intention of doing for the navy what his grandfather Wilhelm I had done for the army. |
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The Dutch navy was by now only a shadow of its former self, having only about twenty ships of the line, so there were no large fleet battles. |
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Instead, he proceeded with a plan to expand the navy slowly, justifying enlargement step by step. |
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A notable example is the cod wars where Britain used its navy to protect its trawlers fishing in Iceland's exclusive economic zone. |
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The Head of the navy cabinet was responsible for promotions, appointments, administration and issuing orders to naval forces. |
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Until 2008, the US navy had also a nuclear submarine base in the Maddalena Archipelago. |
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