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  • Around them were eight men in standard, green-camouflaged army uniforms, but with peaked caps and the collar tabs bearing the Cyrillic "VV" identifying them as Vnutrennie Voiska, the MVD's interior army.

    Countdown Douglass, Keith 1994

  • Titian, so far as I am aware, never introduces a parapet or ledge into his portraits, Giorgione nearly always does so; and finally we have the mysterious VV which is found on the Berlin portrait, and (half-obliterated) on the Buda-Pesth “Young Man.”

    Giorgione Cook, Herbert 1904

  • There was a large deeply-cut "VV" upon the top of it.

    The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • There was a large deeply-cut "VV" upon the top of it.

    The Last Galley Impressions and Tales Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • Archaic and inconsistent spellings and hyphenation have been preserved as they appear in the original, except that "VV" is rendered as "W."

    Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy, Vol. 5 of 6 Thomas D'Urfey 1688

  • A note on typefaces: I have taken the liberty of replacing the "VV" used in old typefaces with the modern Latin letter W.

    Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight 1678

  • Alison "VV" Mosshart says that fan requests have led the Kills to release an expanded edition of the duo's first album, "Keep On Your Mean Side," which is due out May 5.

    ShowHype - Top Entertainment News, Videos, and Blogs 2009

  • Although the Kills have been getting along just fine for the past half decade playing morose garage pop, the transcontinental duo recently got a boost in profile; vocalist Alison Mosshart (who quizzically goes by "VV" in the Kills) is also the lead singer of the Dead Weather, a new ...

    Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories 2009

  • Kills singer Alison Mosshart ( "VV") strikingly resembles model Helena Christensen.

    Spin Magazine Online - 2009

  • The band, which also features Jack Lawrence of White 's 'other' band The Raconteurs and Dean Fertita of Queens Of The Stone Age, played a gig ... www. billboard.com 2 days ago - Alison "VV" Mosshart says that fan requests have led the Kills to release an expanded edition of the duo's first album, "Keep On Your Mean Side," which is due out May 5.

    ShowHype - Top Entertainment News, Videos, and Blogs 2009

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