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  • Actions such as the "mysterious" recent explosions in Iran and the assassination of lower-echelon nuclear scientists on the streets of Tehran -- about which Israeli officials have expressed a public satisfaction that stops just short of claiming credit -- may also be taken as the handiwork of the United States if the false flag succeeds in planting false conclusions.

    David Bromwich: Obama's Drift Toward War With Iran David Bromwich 2012

  • Actions such as the "mysterious" recent explosions in Iran and the assassination of lower-echelon nuclear scientists on the streets of Tehran -- about which Israeli officials have expressed a public satisfaction that stops just short of claiming credit -- may also be taken as the handiwork of the United States if the false flag succeeds in planting false conclusions.

    David Bromwich: Obama's Drift Toward War With Iran David Bromwich 2012

  • Most of them were pretty bad, rushed through production in a couple of weeks with lower-echelon actors.

    Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Hobo With a Shotgun Marshall Fine 2011

  • "I teach young men," he wrote, "who must amass a certain number of credits before they can become police officers or state troopers, lower-echelon health-care workers who need credits to qualify for raises, and municipal employees who require college-level certification to advance at work."

    A Little Learning Eric Felten 2011

  • I thought just the lower-echelon like Joey Wilson were nuts, but apparently it goes all the way to the top.

    Carville takes aim at latest tell-all on Bush 2009

  • I teach young men who must amass a certain number of credits before they can become police officers or state troopers, lower-echelon health-care workers who need credits to qualify for raises, and municipal employees who require college-level certification to advance at work.

    In the Basement of the Ivory Tower Professor X 2008

  • I teach young men who must amass a certain number of credits before they can become police officers or state troopers, lower-echelon health-care workers who need credits to qualify for raises, and municipal employees who require college-level certification to advance at work.

    In the Basement of the Ivory Tower Professor X 2008

  • The squeeze is even tighter in the five lower-echelon conferences, including Utah's Mountain West.

    Stakes high in Saturday showdowns with hopes at risk 2008

  • I teach young men who must amass a certain number of credits before they can become police officers or state troopers, lower-echelon health-care workers who need credits to qualify for raises, and municipal employees who require college-level certification to advance at work.

    In the Basement of the Ivory Tower Professor X 2008

  • I teach young men who must amass a certain number of credits before they can become police officers or state troopers, lower-echelon health-care workers who need credits to qualify for raises, and municipal employees who require college-level certification to advance at work ...

    Lance Mannion: 2008

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