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- noun Plural form of
Praetorian .
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We had a level of unit cohesion just like in The Centurions and The Praetorians, 1960s novels by Jean Lartéguy about French paratroopers in Indochina and Algeria.
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We had a level of unit cohesion just like in The Centurions and The Praetorians, 1960s novels by Jean Lartéguy about French paratroopers in Indochina and Algeria.
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We had a level of unit cohesion just like in The Centurions and The Praetorians, 1960s novels by Jean Lartéguy about French paratroopers in Indochina and Algeria.
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We had a level of unit cohesion just like in The Centurions and The Praetorians, 1960s novels by Jean Lartéguy about French paratroopers in Indochina and Algeria.
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When our government then fails to hold these cowboys and war profiteers accountable -- as it failed to hold accountable the ex-Blackwater employee who shot the bodyguard of the Iraqi vice president and the contractors who gunned down civilians in Nisour Square -- we send the message that these modern-day Praetorians can get away with anything, including murder.
Derrick Crowe: Tell Congress to Hold Blackwater/Xe Accountable Derrick Crowe 2010
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When our government then fails to hold these cowboys and war profiteers accountable -- as it failed to hold accountable the ex-Blackwater employee who shot the bodyguard of the Iraqi vice president and the contractors who gunned down civilians in Nisour Square -- we send the message that these modern-day Praetorians can get away with anything, including murder.
Derrick Crowe: Tell Congress to Hold Blackwater/Xe Accountable Derrick Crowe 2010
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When our government then fails to hold these cowboys and war profiteers accountable -- as it failed to hold accountable the ex-Blackwater employee who shot the bodyguard of the Iraqi vice president and the contractors who gunned down civilians in Nisour Square -- we send the message that these modern-day Praetorians can get away with anything, including murder.
Derrick Crowe: Tell Congress to Hold Blackwater/Xe Accountable Derrick Crowe 2010
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When the signature heroes of Paragon City are transported to Shadow City in this twisted world they encounter their worst nightmare…the Praetorians.
Image Comics for October 2006 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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It was clear that the military establishment, the Praetorians, who were first utilized by ambitious would-be dictators to gain control of the state, had since become acutely aware of themselves and the power they wielded as an independent entity above civil law and civilian politics.
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The Praetorians at length gave way, oppressed with numbers ...
Archive 2008-09-01 2008
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