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In the next four years he would play a key role in resupplying Israel in the Yom Kippur War, help create the all-volunteer military, modernize the nation's submarine deterrent, and father the cruise missile.
William Perry Clements: Lone-Star Giant Karl Rove 2011
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Unfortunately, the all-volunteer zoning boards of adjustment, comprised of local citizens, are outmatched by the considerable funds and perks provided by cruise ship lines, real estate developers.
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C.L.A.S.S. is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the emotional, educational and financial needs of families coping with childhood liver disease and transplantation.
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How do you take an event for 400 people, produced entirely by an all-volunteer, under-age-30 team, in the most expensive city in the U.S., and get an entire nation excited about it, so that you can raise at least $20,000 to sponsor 42 girls in a developing world country, where less than 20 percent of young women even graduate high school?
Tammy Tibbetts: Raising Our Voices for Girls' Education at Internet Week New York Tammy Tibbetts 2011
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Children's Liver Association for Support Services (C.L.A.S.S.) is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization serving families whose children are confronting liver disease and transplantation.
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This highlights the real danger inherent in the temptation to target the Pentagon for even more cuts: If we violate the sacred trust of our service members—some on their sixth and seventh war zone deployments—we risk breaking the back of our all-volunteer force.
Why Defense Cuts Don't Make Sense Buck McKeon 2011
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The all-volunteer crew offers both formal lessons and less-formal instruction in sit-on-top colorful plastic kayaks.
Margie Goldsmith: Summer in New York City Margie Goldsmith 2011
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The all-volunteer crew offers both formal lessons and less-formal instruction in sit-on-top colorful plastic kayaks.
Margie Goldsmith: Summer in New York City Margie Goldsmith 2011
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And it costs money to sustain an all-volunteer force, which must compete with the private sector to attract quality recruits.
Why Defense Cuts Don't Make Sense Buck McKeon 2011
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The US has adopted Imperial Britain's model of small, all-volunteer armies fighting in remote colonial wars allegedly to bring the light of Christianity and justice to benighted natives.
Eric Margolis: Attention All Republican Flag-Wavers -- If You Want Wars Abroad, Pay for Them Eric Margolis 2010
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