The militants ordered men present in the grounds of the school to leave.
Recruiters fanned out to Army facilities across the country; some commanders even ordered men to attend the sessions.
In June Somalia's Islamic militants ordered men in Mogadishu to grow their beards and trim their moustaches.
The hotel he was staying in, instead of having Bible on the nightstand, they had a photo album of people you can order — men, women, children.
It's harder still for those who ordered men into battle.
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have banned music, barred women from the workplace and ordered men to grow beards.
To feign numerical superiority, Lafayette ordered men to appear from the woods on an outcropping (now Lafayette Hill) and to fire upon the British periodically.
True to his philosophy of never ordering men where he would not lead them, he personally led the charge on foot.
So is his fellow batting star Rahul Dravid, while middle-order man Vangipurappu Laxman is 36.
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