General
Meanings and phrases
general
- applying to all or most members of a category or group
- not specialized or limited to one class of things
- prevailing among and common to the general public
- of worldwide scope or applicability; - Christopher Morley; cosmopolitan; ecumenical; oecumenical; universal; worldwide; world-wide
- affecting the entire body
- somewhat indefinite
general
- a general officer of the highest rank; full general
- the head of a religious order or congregation; superior general
- a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)
general
- command as a general
Attorney General
- the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department; United States Attorney General; US Attorney General
- the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States; Attorney General of the United States
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- the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States; Attorney General
Comptroller General
- a United States federal official who supervises expenditures and settles claims against the government
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- a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence); general relativity; general theory of relativity; general relativity theory
Estates General
- assembly of the estates of all France; last meeting in 1789
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- a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas; GATT
General Assembly
- the supreme deliberative assembly of the United Nations
General Baptist
- group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists); Arminian Baptist
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- the basic level of a subject taken in school; GCSE; O level
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- French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970); de Gaulle; General de Gaulle; Charles de Gaulle; Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle
General Custer
- United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876); Custer; George Armstrong Custer
General Franco
- Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975); Franco; Francisco Franco; El Caudillo
General Security Services
- the Israeli domestic counterintelligence and internal security agency; Shin Bet
General Services Administration
- a central management agency that sets Federal policy for Federal procurement and real property management and information resources management; GSA
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- French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970); de Gaulle; Charles de Gaulle; General Charles de Gaulle; Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle
Secretary General
- a person who is a chief administrator (as of the United Nations)
States General
- assembly of the estates of an entire country especially the sovereign body of the Dutch republic from 16th to 18th centuries
Surgeon General
- the head of the United States Public Health Service
- the senior medical officer in an Army or Navy
US Attorney General
- the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department; Attorney General; United States Attorney General
United States Attorney General
- the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department; Attorney General; US Attorney General
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- a general's adjutant; chief administrative officer
- He was made adjutant general in 1817 and admiral in 1833.
- In 1866, Washburn declined reelection as adjutant general.
- In 1867, Trepov was promoted to the rank of adjutant general.
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- the chief law officer of a country or state
- In 1976, Clinton ran for Arkansas attorney general.
- Past advisor to the attorney general of Afghanistan.
- Kline ran for re-election as attorney general in 2006.
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- a general officer ranking below a major general; brigadier
- He was posthumously promoted to brigadier general.
- In March, 1865, he was brevetted brigadier general.
- He reached the rank of brigadier general in 1704.
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- (football) the person who plays quarterback; quarterback; signal caller
- (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team; quarterback; signal caller
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- a general officer of the highest rank; general
- McCreery was made a full general in 1949.
- Montgomery was advanced to KCB and promoted to full general.
- Wellington was promoted to full general on 31 July for his services.
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- an agent who sells insurance; insurance broker; insurance agent; underwriter
- someone authorized to transact every kind of business for the principal; universal agent
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- a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation); general anesthesia
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- an anesthetic that anesthetizes the entire body and causes loss of consciousness; general anesthetic
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- a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation); general anaesthesia
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- an anesthetic that anesthetizes the entire body and causes loss of consciousness; general anaesthetic
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- persons who make or amend or repeal laws; legislature; legislative assembly; legislative body; law-makers
- A planned national general assembly never met.
- The finalists perform during the general assembly of the ABU.
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- (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated; actual damages; compensatory damages
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- the part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it; poste restante
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- a national or state election; candidates are chosen in all constituencies
- Moreno later endorsed Cao in the general election.
- 2 in general election of 2017 for the fourth time.
- Khan organized the 1970 Pakistani general election.
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- military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces; command post; GHQ
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- knowledge that is available to anyone; public knowledge
- Each contestant, in turn, is asked a general knowledge question.
- The final round starts out with de Mooi answering ten general knowledge questions.
- My Generation (Australian game show) My Generation is a general knowledge trivia show.
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- the ledger that contains all of the financial accounts of a business; contains offsetting debit and credit accounts (including control accounts)
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- the highest ranking manager
- There, he rose to the position of general manager.
- The studio's general manager was Yoshiaki Koizumi.
- In 2012, DiLeo became the 76ers' general manager.
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- the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and (nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs (especially in adults); internal medicine
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- officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel
- Bavarian general officer losses were heavy.
- He fought in the Friedland campaign in 1807 and attained the rank of general officer that year.
- The general officer in the government film called "Secret Nuclear Defense Plan" was voiced by Azaria.
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- a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses; GP
- There are a few other businesses and also a general practitioner.
- His father was a dermatologist and a former general practitioner.
- He became a general practitioner in Bouguenais, a commune near Nantes.
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- a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence); general theory of relativity; general relativity theory; Einstein's general theory of relativity
- All results are in agreement with general relativity.
- The most common method is to modify general relativity.
- (A separate theory, general relativity, is used for gravity.)
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- a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence); general relativity; general theory of relativity; Einstein's general theory of relativity
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- military officers assigned to assist a senior officer in planning military policy
- Aaltonen was now moved to the general staff.
- Since 1999, he held general staff position.
- The next day he made a six-page situation report to the general staff.
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- a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise; country store; trading post
- Bunting opened a general store at the site in 1878.
- Oakburn has a general store and fuel station/garage.
- In 1850, he set up a general store there with a partner.
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- a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence); general relativity; general relativity theory; Einstein's general theory of relativity
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- an ordinary verdict declaring which party prevails without any special findings of fact
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- a governor of high rank
- In 1788 he was made governor general of Alsace.
- The governor general appointed him to be prime minister for a second time.
- Surprisingly the governor general was adamant on sending a man to Kathmandu.
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- a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled; inhalation anesthetic; inhalation anaesthetic; inhalation general anesthetic
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- a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled; inhalation anesthetic; inhalation anaesthetic; inhalation general anaesthetic
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- a military officer responsible for investigations
- HUD's inspector general cleared Carson of misconduct in September 2019.
- Under the Bourbon Restoration he served as an inspector general of infantry.
- Muchdi was shifted to the non-combat role of deputy inspector general of TNI.
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- a general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general
- He was promoted to lieutenant general on July 7.
- In 1923, he was promoted to lieutenant general.
- In 1955 he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
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- The demonstrators mixed in with the general public.
- It opened to the general public on December 8, 2008.
- I'm not sure if the general public knows that."
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- In 1951–52, India held its first general elections.
- He has not contested any general elections since.
- Chambeshi did not contest the 2006 general elections.
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- It is primarily used for general aviation purposes.
- The airport is mostly used for general aviation.
- Three general aviation airports serve the Denver area.
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- He was brevetted to major general on July 5, 1864.
- In August 2007, he was promoted to major general.
- He was promoted to major general on 22 August 1968.
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- This paved the way for more general theorems.
- Solutions describing more general black holes also exist.
- For more general information see FARC-EP Chain of Command.
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- Elected deputy general secretary of Usdaw in 2004.
- Morvan had been the general secretary 1975-2002.
- BTR was the general secretary of CPI 1948-1950.
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- It is unclear how common this allergy is in the general population.
- The prevalence of sadomasochism within the general population is unknown.
- This abnormality is present in approximately 25% of the general population.
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- He finished 2nd overall in the general classification.
- Vincenzo Nibali of team Astana won the general classification.
- This gave him 2nd place overall in the general classification.
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- By 2003, Chen had become the TSU's deputy secretary general.
- The current secretary general of AJSS is "Fama Constance Diop".
- Madani's term as secretary general of OIC was effective in January 2014.
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- In 1936 Arabs in Palestine went on a general strike.
- The repression of a first general strike caused three deaths.
- A general strike in 1950 led to the abdication of King Leopold.
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- These ships are also general purpose in nature.
- The general purpose lanes continue to operate toll-free.
- It is developed as general purpose series of 78K Family.
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- In 1951–52, India held its first general elections.
- The first general store in Minimay was built in the 1880s.
- The repression of a first general strike caused three deaths.
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- He is general counsel of the Italy-USA Foundation.
- Cheryl Mills was general counsel for the campaign.
- He was named general counsel of Marsh in June 2006.
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- Annual sessions were followed by the general meeting.
- MEC holds its annual general meeting in Vancouver, BC.
- Election results are announced at the annual general meeting.
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- In 1960, Galvin became commanding general of the 94th.
- Kerpen was deputy to the commanding general of Bohemia from 1803 to 1807.
- He was most recently the commanding general of the Third Marine Division.
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- There are some exceptions to this general rule.
- Numerous exceptions to this general rule exist.
- The general rule is that the call may not be recorded.
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- He was the director general of the Parti Québécois.
- when he was director general of military operations.
- The department is headed by a director general.
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- Though, neither the blue nor white saw general use.
- Abergavenny, the English spelling, is in general use.
- In the following century, the word was in general use.
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- Nalbandyan received his general education at the local school.
- He received general education in the First Gymnasium of Thessaloniki.
- The liberal arts general education requirements are collectively called Foundations.
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- He also became general director of Madeco in 1957.
- It was headed by general director Sergei Kharlamov.
- Later, he became the general director of the company.
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- The team's president and general manager is Meir Cohen.
- Johnson served as president and general manager as well.
- On Nov. 3, 1950, John Jr. became vice president and general manager of H.J.
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- All call An all call is a general term for a broadcast message.
- The general term is ambiguous and can mean many different things.
- In Western provinces, prawn is almost exclusively the general term.
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- The next general election must be held by late 2020.
- The next general election was scheduled to be held in 2015.
- This mandate continues until the next general election is called.
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- Rather, they swim within the same general vicinity.
- It was in the same general location as the present day complex.
- ", to become an independent magazine with the same general focus.
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- Timbered lodges in the general area, i.e.
- Evans Bay Intermediate School takes its name from the general area.
- The Smithsonian listing has a satellite photograph of the general area.
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- He became a Union general during the American Civil War.
- He served as a Union Army general during the American Civil War.
- He would prove himself grossly incompetent as a general during the Suez Crisis.
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- He won the general election with 64% of the vote.
- He won the general election with 60% of the vote.
- These primary winners later won the general election.
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- They also refer themselves to the general interest.
- Duzhe Duzhe () is a biweekly Chinese general interest magazine.
- They also publish general interest non-fiction titles under Gill Books.
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- The next general election must be held by late 2020.
- The next general election was scheduled to be held in 2015.
- This mandate continues until the next general election is called.
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- He then became the team's assistant general manager.
- He was promoted to assistant general manager in 2005.
- Smythe promoted Day to assistant general manager in 1950.
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- Chen's career started as a medical doctor of general practice.
- (This was the general practice.)
- In general practice, most Malays omit the title "Bin" or "Binti" from their names.
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- Seven of the participants became general officers.
- He also became general director of Madeco in 1957.
- In 1950, Hank Greenberg became general manager.
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- The film went into general release in February, 1954.
- It went on general release in Ireland on 6 April 2018.
- It entered general release shortly afterwards.
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- In the First World War it became a general hospital for the British Army.
- She has an administrative position at the municipality's general hospital.
- This Islamic hospital in Baghdad was the first documented general hospital.
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- In the US, Tjønveit operated a retailer of general aviation aircraft.
- The airport is also served by charter, freight, agricultural, and general aviation aircraft.
- The original plans called for transporting new general aviation aircraft to customers around the world.
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- Maeda also won the group's third general election held in 2011.
- For the next general election held in , there were 206 registered voters.
- He ran unsuccessfully for reelection in the general election held in September 1916.
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- MEC holds its annual general meeting in Vancouver, BC.
- Election results are announced at the annual general meeting.
- A varying number of fellows are elected each year in July at the Academy's annual general meeting.
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- There was no general consensus on a draft for a new constitution, however.
- By the end of 2014, there was a general consensus that the papyrus was a fake.
- There is a general consensus among historians that Bhimsen was not behind the poisoning.
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- A general theory of cookies may be formulated this way.
- Informally, category theory is a general theory of functions.
- Thus, "a general theory of economic theories" (1983, p. xxvi).
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- The general form of these algorithms are the same.
- PDAEs of this general form are challenging to solve.
- For the tertiary alcohols the general form is RR'R"COH.
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- In a general sense, the ratio is simply debt divided by equity.
- Evil Evil, in a general sense, is the opposite or absence of good.
- In the Dutch language the word ' means African, in the general sense.
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- There are two general stores, and a tourist hotel.
- He held several positions, including as a clerk on steamboats and in general stores.
- It is often sold in general stores and similar shops specializing in nostalgia items.
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- The most general type of certification is profession-wide.
- A few of the most general of these methods are discussed below.
- Following most general elections since 1880, the book has been published.
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- On 4 September 1832, he became vicar general of his order.
- In 2010, Strickland was named vicar general of the diocese.
- He was appointed vicar general of the Dunedin diocese in 2016.
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- In general terms, its prosperity rose and fell with the price of wool.
- Also in general terms, determines an orbital's shape, and its orientation.
- In general terms, he does this by owning far out-of-the-money put options on stocks.
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- Von Roll was the general contractor for the entire extension.
- James W. Fowler Co. was the general contractor on the new building.
- The general contractor's number one priority is safety on the job site.
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- The general principles of records management apply to records in any format.
- The inflammatory symptoms are to be treated on general principles, as are the nervous ones.
- The book also set forth a number of general principles, many of which are still valid today.
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- These values shouldn't be trusted for the general case".
- They could not give all details of this mode in the broad frame of the general case.
- In the general case, the strongest evidence to date comes from numerical evolutions.
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- A new general plan for Sätra was drawn up in 1962.
- They hired Brett Veach as the new general manager on July 10, 2017.
- Parliament, in alarm, set about the formation of a new general service force on 12 July.
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- Smith is a former general counsel to the Texas Legal Foundation.
- His father was a dermatologist and a former general practitioner.
- Bower is the former general manager for the Detroit Pistons from 2014 to 2018.
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- MEC holds its annual general meeting in Vancouver, BC.
- Election results are announced at the annual general meeting.
- A varying number of fellows are elected each year in July at the Academy's annual general meeting.
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- He then became the team's assistant general manager.
- He was promoted to assistant general manager in 2005.
- Smythe promoted Day to assistant general manager in 1950.
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- Between 2007 and 2008, Petrić served as general secretary of Partizan.
- Bruning served as general counsel for Vital Learning Corporation from 1995 to 1997.
- Later, he served as general counsel to Governor of Texas Rick Perry from 2011 to 2014.
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- He attained the rank of general (Shangjiang) in September 1988.
- There he entered royal service and obtained the rank of general.
- Consequently, he was promoted to the rank of general in October 1914.
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- First broadcast in 2008, it airs on the Indian general entertainment channel 9X.
- Founded in 2008, its primary focus is youth-oriented and general entertainment shows.
- The series made its debut in 2002 on Zee TV, India's 2nd Hindi general entertainment channel.
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- Seven of the participants became general officers.
- With few exceptions the Confederacy secured excellent general officers.
- Nearly a third of Lee's general officers were killed, wounded, or captured.
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- A three-year general degree in Agricultural Science was offered.
- The faculty offers a three year Bachelor of Arts general degree and a B.A special degree of four years.
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Satabarshiki Mahavidyalaya is a general degree college, affiliated to the West Bengal State University.
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- He then became a general councilor of Basses-Alpes.
- It became a general technical college in 1992.
- After World War II he became a general in the Red Army.
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- There is also a general lack of growth.
- There is a general lack of facilities, equipment, qualified teachers, textbooks and other resources.
- Besides general lack of results, critics of school vouchers argue that vouchers will lead to segregation.
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- He was brevetted a major general of volunteers.
- A month before his death, he had been made major general of volunteers.
- On July 30, 1864, Reilly was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers.
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- They can also promote the science of astronomy among the general public.
- The 1932 film "Blonde Venus" brought him to fame among the general American public.
- But Bocage's reputation among the general public and with foreign travellers grew year by year.
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- Fririon was promoted to general of division on 21 July 1809.
- Ewart was promoted to general manager for the Eagles in 1948.
- He was promoted to general in 1890.
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- Also, Arild Stubhaug wrote a shorter history, prepared for a general audience.
- It has a clear and readable style which makes it suitable for a general audience.
- This show covered a lot of general audience and is targeted at an older generation.
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- There is no general provision for IPA tone letters.
- There is no general agreement on the issue.
- There is no general rule, with various discipline-specific practices.
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- Omar Pacha is the current head coach and general manager of the Dundee Stars.
- Alternatively, Murphy became the Centrals head coach and general manager in 1925.
- On August 31, 2018, the Sky relieved Amber Stocks as head coach and general manager.
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- He was released as part of a general amnesty in 1990.
- In 167, Emperor Huan issued a general amnesty.
- The general amnesty was greatly publicized by the government.
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- Çevik Bir Çevik Bir (born 1939) is a retired Turkish army general.
- Sudirman (disambiguation) Sudirman was an Indonesian army general.
- At times its members would travel with an army general on campaign.
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- Often a military general conducted these campaigns on behalf of his king.
- Cao Bin Cao Bin (曹彬) (931-999) was a military general in imperial China.
- He is military general whose work is to protect Gerard King's son, Prince Shiva.
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- He also served as an intern in general surgery from 1998 to 1999.
- The hospital also runs an ER for general medicine, general surgery and traumatology.
- Other areas of specialty include general surgery, orthopedic and neurology programs.
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- The general trend in these games is saving the environment.
- During the early- to mid-1900s there was a general trend of drying.
- Their pressures were weak, but the general trend in West Africa was not.
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- He became the general editor of "Deportes" in 1958.
- The general editor of the series is Robert E. Goodin.
- He serves as general editor for the series "Foundations of Evangelical Theology".
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- There is no general agreement on the issue.
- There was general agreement to pay the foreign debts at full value.
- Because of its origin, capoeira never had unity or a general agreement.
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- The water then drains down dip in the general direction of Mossdale.
- The mountains are separated by valleys with the same general direction.
- He was entrusted with general direction of public security by an imperial decree.
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- The Colgans owned general merchandise stores in Oelrichs and in Edgemont.
- Gandolfo operated a general merchandise and grocery store in the building.
- In 1833, he and Moses Fowler opened a general merchandise store in Adelphi.
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- He was elected to the general council for Vescovato.
- He is member of the general council of the Bas-Rhin.
- He became vice-president of the Corsican general council.
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- He then served as consul general in Cairo (1906–08).
- He was also consul general of Monaco.
- From 1953 to 1956, he served as consul general of Israel in New York City.
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- He is currently an emeritus general authority.
- He is the first Fijian to serve as a general authority.
- In 1898, Utah elected general authority B.H.
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- The sexes are apparently alike in size and general appearance.
- This form is similar in general appearance and form to "Tegula quadricostata".
- The type, or general appearance, exhibited by Holsteiners should be that of an athletic riding horse.
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- As a general principle, Fe ions are used to oxidize the ore.
- The general principle is, in Peter Drucker's phrase, "what gets measured gets managed".
- "Devil" is viewed as the general principle of evil and inclination to sin which resides in humankind.
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- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Satabarshiki Mahavidyalaya is a general degree college, affiliated to the West Bengal State University.
- Government Arts College, Karur Government Arts College, Karur, is an Autonomous general degree college located in Thanthonimalai Karur, Tamil Nadu.
- Government College for Women, Kumbakonam Government College for Women, Kumbakonam, is a women's general degree college located in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu.
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- Instead, she ran for reelection as state attorney general and won.
- In 2011 the seminar company was investigated by Texas' state attorney general's office.
- North Carolina briefly suspended giving driver's licenses to DACA grantees while awaiting the state attorney general's opinion.
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- The village is served by a general aviation airport, Eagles Nest Airport.
- Paranaguá is served by Paranaguá Airport, a small general aviation airport.
- The city has a small general aviation airport (Juvenal Loureiro Cardoso Airport).