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There is constant reiteration about how US forces should never be under the command of other nations officers but there is also repeatedly crying and moaning that the other nations forces would not immediately bowdown to American command authority.
Somalia Operations: Lessons Learned by Kenneth Allard jmnlman 2006
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There is constant reiteration about how US forces should never be under the command of other nations officers but there is also repeatedly crying and moaning that the other nations forces would not immediately bowdown to American command authority.
Archive 2006-08-01 jmnlman 2006
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All the balance of that long day Carthoris crawled erratically through the still air, the bow of the flier sinking lower and lower, and the list to port becoming more and more alarming, until at last, near dark, he was floating almost bowdown, his harness buckled to
Thuvia, Maid of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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It's like they finally lost their last shred of street cred with this total bowdown in trying to appeal to the masses.
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It's like they finally lost their last shred of street cred with this total bowdown in trying to appeal to the masses.
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