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They were the military commanders and in this capacity often acted independently from the king, most notably in the latter period before the Muslim invasions.
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They crawled through the north fence and came on toward him, and now he saw that both were young, not more than nineteen or twenty.
They were dirty, their clothes were torn, and the girl was so exhausted that she fell when she was still twenty feet from the front door.
They were running from something.
They were a pair of lost, whipped kids, Morgan thought as he went to bed.
They passed ranches that were framed dark gray against the black hills.
They were tethered, army style, on stable lines.
They bawled questions that were not answered in the uproar.
They were about a mile off ; ;
They weren't sleeping, of course, but they thought they were doing him a favor by pretending.
They expected greater things from him, regardless of how trying the circumstances, and they were disappointed.
They were going to town, and they were both excited.
They were free.
They were in a fight, outweighed in both numbers and money.
They were sitting on their heels, rider-fashion, over by the still empty calf wagon.
They were considering it gravely, neither seeming to like what he planned.
They were silent for a little while, each looking glum.
They were all good men.
They were headed straight for each other on a collision course.
`` They were supposed to meet Thor at nine PM for a conference concerning the ad campaign for their soap, a new angle based on this SX-21 stuff ''.
They were married over the week-end, though he was easily sixty and she could not have been even thirty.
They were west of the Sabine, but only God knew where.
They were engulfed by the weird silence, broken only by the low, angry murmur of the river.
They were already swollen to bursting.
They and military
But I suspect that the old Roman was referring to change made under military occupation -- the sort of change which Tacitus was talking about when he said, `` They make a desert, and call it peace '' ( `` Solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant ''.
They could be used to attack a nation's people ( which would inevitably mean the loss of the attacker's own people ), or they could be used with discrimination to destroy the enemy's military force.
They were originally buried where they died, but were later moved on the orders of the US military government to the cemeteries of their previous homes.
They lived in 100 cantons ( 4. 1 ) from which 1000 young men per year were chosen for military service, a citizen-army by our standards and by comparison with the Roman professional army.
They are more heavily armed and equipped ( including power armors like the K-11 and K-12 ) than a normal police force, but more lightly than a military organization.
They are important in military engineering, and are also used to carry traffic while an old bridge is being rebuilt.
They also provide a popular form of recreation, and have been adapted for such uses as children's toys, adult fitness, military and police applications, courier services and bicycle racing.
They perform at both military and civilian airfields, and often perform directly over major cities such as San Francisco's " Fleet Week " maritime festival, Cleveland's annual Labor Day Air Show, the Chicago Air and Water Show, and Seattle's annual Seafair festival.
They are attested to be living as Ayuddha-jivi or Shastr-opajivis ( Nation-in-arms ), which also means that the Kamboja cavalry offered its military services to other nations as well.
They state he sent troops on illogical military exercises, turned the palace into a brothel, and most famously, planned or promised to make his horse, Incitatus, a consul,
They are promoting an agenda to normalize homosexuality in America using the military as a battering ram to promote that broader agenda.
They are normally employed in mining, demolition, and military applications.
They operated as " the military arm of the Democratic Party ", turning out Republican officeholders and disrupting elections.
They resented the changes imposed on the Roman Catholic Church by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy ( 1790 ) and broke into open revolt in defiance of the Revolutionary government's military conscription.
They initially resisted German military help, but the prolonged warfare changed their stance.
They are also extremely inexpensive and simple to build in time of war, enabling a nation to quickly arm its military.
They were expected to take part in any military campaign when they would be called for duty.
They also became indispensable in financing the military capability of Habsburg Spain in its long series of European and North African wars, though, with the exception of a few years in the 17th century, Spain itself ( Castile in particular ) was by far the most important source of revenue.
They may not be transferred to the service of foreign powers, nor may the military forces of any foreign power, except auxiliary forces assisting against hostile attack, be brought into the Realm without the consent of the Storting.
They had been unable to find detailed maps of the area, which contained the Soviets ' first military plutonium production facility at Mayak, making knowledge of the area vital in the event of war with the Soviet Union.
They established themselves at Timbuktu as a military caste with various fiefs, independent from Morocco.
" They also refused to serve in the military or attend Lutheran schools, choosing instead to teach their children at home.
They were nonviolent pacifists who refused to serve in the military and tried to live by George Rapp's philosophy and literal interpretations of the New Testament.
They destroyed 11 Aircraft ( mostly military ) and damaged 15, there are no civilian casualties.
They had reduced the military, closed the Bank of the U. S., and narrowed the tax system.
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