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Among the dead, rebels said, was Col. Hussein Darbouk, a defected Libyan officer who had been commanding rebel forces in the town.

Mr. Chan, of Bonhams Asia, noted that antique and collectible watches with enameled cases or dials had been commanding high prices at auction.

But, there is no doubt that the stores have had an impact on the immediate trading area – prices have been lowered by all competitors since Lidl's prices are 30-4030-40owhatathehe trading areas had been commanding.

He had been commanding the 342nd Training Squadron for two years.

He had been commanding officer of the infantry regiment Hemingway followed through France after the Normandy Invasion.

She had been commanding a six-figure salary and living alone in a comfortable house in one of Seattle's upscale neighborhoods.

But he sympathized with officers who had been commanded to shoot their fellow-citizens.

All that had been commanded of them they briefly told to those around Peter.

It had been commanded by the Legislature to make "concrete recommendations" on ways to convene a constitutional convention that would "bring about all possible property tax relief".

The spacecraft had been commanded to first send back five photographs taken at closest approach, but because of a software glitch, it instead sent back the images in the order they had been taken, starting with faraway ones.

After the 54th had been commanded to torch a defenseless Georgia port town, an action to which Shaw had objected, the regiment distinguished itself in responding to a Confederate surprise attack at James Island, South Carolina, on July 16 , 1863