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Members of the Barmy Army, devoted fans of the English cricket team, are known to mock Australian cricketers and fans by singing the Australian national anthem to the tune of the nursery rhyme " Mary Had a Little Lamb ", and vice-versa.
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Members of the Irish Volunteers — led by schoolteacher and barrister Pádraig ( Patrick ) Pearse, joined by the smaller Irish Citizen Army of James Connolly, along with 200 members of Cumann na mBan — seized key locations in Dublin and proclaimed the Irish Republic independent of Britain.
Members of Parliament and the Grandees in the New Model Army, when faced with Charles's perceived duplicity, tried and executed him.
Members who supported the treaty formed the nucleus of the Irish National Army founded by IRA leader Michael Collins.
" Members of the U. S. Army cremated Ribbentrop ’ s remains and scattered his ashes in an unmarked location.
Members of indigenous groups have demanded the removal of military bases set up by the Colombian government and guerrilla encampments established by FARC in their territories, claiming that both the Colombian National Army and the FARC should respect indigenous autonomy and international humanitarian law.
** Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army shoot and kill Major Michael Dillon-Lee and Private William Robert Davies of the British Army.
Members of the Battalion are known to have deserted from U. S. Army regiments including: the 1st Artillery, the 2nd Artillery, the 3rd Artillery, the 4th Artillery, the 2nd Dragoons, the 2nd Infantry, the 3rd Infantry, the 4th Infantry, the 5th Infantry, the
Members of the Arab League-Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Transjordan, the Holy War Army and the Arab Liberation Army, marched their forces into what had the previous day ceased to be the British Mandate for Palestine.
Members of the Republican Army who had come from Indonesian Hizbullah felt betrayed by Indonesian Government.
Members of the Ku Klux Klan consisting of Confederate Army veterans assassinated over 150 Republican Party officials and prominent African-Americans as part of a successful campaign to retain white Democratic power.
Members of The Salvation Army also include " adherents ", these are people who do not make the commitment to be a soldier but who formally recognize The Salvation Army as their church.
On May 15, 1919, Bunin wrote in his diary, " Members of the Red Army in Odessa led a pogrom against the Jews in the town of Big Fountain.
Members of the Royal Canadian Navy undergo a five week sea environment training course ; with members of the Canadian Army undergo a 20 day Soldier Qualification course, while officers go through a 12 week Common Army Phase ( now renamed to Basic Military Officer Qualification-Land ); while members from the Royal Canadian Air Force move on directly to their trade training.
Members of the Army Reserves complete an 8 week BMQ / SQ combined course ( Basic Military Qualification and Soldier Qualification ) during the summer.
Members of the United States Army 16th Infantry Regiment ( United States ) | 16th Infantry Regiment gathered around a campfire in 1916 during the Pancho Villa Expedition.
Members of Ansar al-Islam mostly reside in Iran after a joint mission by the Kurdistan Regional Government's Armed Forces and US Army Special Forces destroyed the group's stronghold in 2003.
Members of Clearance Diving Team Three and an Army LCM-8 inspecting camouflaged mines, 21 March 2003.
Members and devoted
Members gave up their jobs and devoted themselves to the group and its leader, believing it would soon take control of America's trade unions and overthrow the government.
Question Hour is the first hour of a sitting session of India's Lok Sabha devoted to questions that Members of Parliament raise about any aspect of administrative activity.
Members of the science department operate a " Green Council " devoted to environmental sustainability initiatives and facilitating the " greening " of the College Prep campus.
Members also receive Westways, a magazine published eight times a year and devoted to travel and automotive subjects.
Members of the Burke Foundation published articles and op-eds in numerous newspapers, and many newspapers devoted substantial attention to the activities of the Foundation.
Members have helped build militant lesbian / gay rights organizations and have been involved in many coalitions devoted to preventing forced AIDS testing, opposing ballot-box attacks on gay rights, lobbying for state gay rights bills, and more.
McKay is one of the more active Members of the Canadian Parliament on the issue of aid to developing nations, having been the Vice President of CIDO ; an organization devoted the development of microfinancing in developing nations.
Members and fans
Members of this community, " fans ", are in contact with each other at conventions or clubs, through print or online fanzines, or on the Internet using web sites, mailing lists, and other resources.
Members of Nebula have commented that " we're all family " to fans wearing Fu Manchu shirts at their concerts.
Members and English
Nonconformist members and members from constituencies which would not have been affected by the Revised Book were only exercising their full legal rights in throwing out a Measure which was approved by the majority of English Members of Parliament.
* Members of the English rock group Radiohead have stated that the book influenced them particularly during the making of their fourth and fifth albums, Kid A ( 2000 ) and Amnesiac ( 2001 ) respectively.
* The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son is the title of a work by J. R. R. Tolkien that was originally published in 1953 in volume 6 of the scholarly journal Essays and Studies by Members of the English Association.
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