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Example sentences for: colonel

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Reports that he was a lieutenant colonel in the Iraqi Fedayeen have turned out to be incorrect.
Interdicted are burly “too often associated with large black men” (large, yes; black, no), fried chicken “often used to refer to the cuisine of black people” (something that customers of Colonel Sanders might well dispute), gyp “because it insults gypsies” (only for those who are aware of the etymological nuances of the language), go Dutch insults “citizens of the Netherlands” (what utter balderdash !), Ugh!
Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Deveaux, a loyalist from South Carolina, sailed from Florida with six ships, picked up men and fishing boats at Harbour Island and Eleuthera, and “invaded” Nassau.
In Lieutenant Colonel North's response he used the words a version of the chronology that was inaccurate . Later, Nields used the phrase the chronology with the false version in it . He then followed with a question, staying with this stronger phrase false version . North's response contained the clause this version of the document was wrong, intentionally misleading . Earlier he had used this version was incorrect . Once Nields had used false version , he stayed with that for a while.
Both Times report that the colonel voluntarily stepped aside last week in light of the allegations, though he doesn't seem to have been involved; and that Columbia gets $289 million in American aid this year, most of it to fight drugs.