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the senior staff officer of a service or command.
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"North American Indian Regional Losses, 1850-1890"
Map from: Maps.com U.S. History Maps; 1/1/1999; 253 words
; ...Indian Regional Losses, 1850-1890 Sand Creek Massacre, 1864 Wounded Knee, 1890 Little Big Horn, 1876 Sioux War, 1862 Chief Joseph (Bear Paw Mountain), 1877 Navaho Pima Hopi Apache Zuni Pueblo Ute Yakima Shoshoni Blackfoot Nez Perce Ojibwa Sioux...
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Rangers player ducks trial in chair-throwing incident
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 1/13/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...to put it behind me," she said. The incident happened after a night of heckling by Bueno's husband, Hayward Battalion Chief Craig Bueno, during an A's game at McAfee Coliseum on Sept. 13, 2004. The heckling became too much for Rangers players...
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Underdog to rescue of Florida
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 1/13/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...quarterback never was considered a first- round pick, then struggled against a quality defense with no line help and without his chief weapon. Maybe he slides out of Round 2 now and into Round 3. Big deal. -Yeah, I saw the Sugar Bowl. But if Charlie Weis...
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Rangers apologize to injured fan, settle chair-throwing case
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 1/13/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...to put it behind me," she said. The incident happened after a night of heckling by Bueno's husband, Hayward Battalion Chief Craig Bueno, during an A's game at McAfee Coliseum on Sept. 13, 2004. The heckling became too much for Rangers players...
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MTC critics call for equal money spent on AC Transit
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 1/13/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...before projects are approved. The commissioners, who are elected officials from all nine Bay Area counties, were told by their chief lawyer that the rejected principles could leave them open to future lawsuits and could also undermine efforts to fend off a...
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ACMC strives to provide quality, safe births
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 1/13/2007; 632 words
; ...we also look forward to a time when the high quality Labor and Delivery program at Highland Hospital is featured on the front page of the Oakland Tribune. Dr. David Altman is the chief medical officer at the Alameda County Medical Center.
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Bush plan fails to inspire coalition troop increases
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 1/13/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...partner with 3,000 troops in southern Iraq, brought the last of its soldiers home last month. Now Britain, America's chief ally, hopes to cut its 7,000-member force in the southern city of Basra by several thousand in the first half of the year...
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Economy Continued On a Roll In 1998; Consumer Prices Rose Just 1.6%
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/15/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...remarkable period that we are in right now," said Bill Cheney, chief economist for John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Boston...are not keen on the slowdown story," said Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist for High Frequency Economics Ltd. in Valhalla...
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Controversial Group Has Strong Ties to Both Parties in South
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/13/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...instrumental in forming private white "academies" as alternatives to the integrated school systems. Baum, the organization's chief executive officer, said: "We are going to be a majority nonwhite nation in a couple of years. It that a legitimate concern...
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Attorneys, judge discuss evidence in Nacchio trial
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 1/13/2007; 485 words
; ...months until trial, prosecutors and attorneys for former Qwest chief Joe Nacchio met privately with a judge Friday to discuss secret...none of the details have been released. Nacchio, the former chief executive officer at Qwest Communications International Inc...
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Yangon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Under his rule Yangon was given its present name ( "Rangoon" is a less accurate transliteration) and was built up as the chief port of Myanmar. It was held briefly by the British in 1824-26; after it came under British rule in 1852, it was transformed...
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Yenisei
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Yenisei , chief river of Siberia, c.2,500 mi (4...Lower Tunguska rivers are the Yenisei's chief tributaries. The river is frozen during...Igarka on the lower river is the region's chief lumber-loading port. There is fishing...
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Yingkou
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...producing rice, cotton, and oakleaf silk. It has fishing, lumbering, food processing, and oil refining industries and plants making textiles, machinery, and paper products. From 1836 to 1900, Yingkou was the chief port of Manchuria.
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Brigham Young
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...abilities as an organizer came to the fore. He was one of the chief figures in the move to Nauvoo, Ill. Sent as missionary to...After Joseph Smith's assassination (1844), Young was the chief factor in maintaining the unity of the church in the Council...
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Ypsilanti
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...then called, and helped the insurgent Greeks in the capture (1821) of Trípolis (then called Tripolitza), the chief Turkish fortress in Morea. He stubbornly resisted the forces of Ibrahim Pasha in 1825, and in 1828 was made commander of the...
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