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At the end of the war, Kelley is summoned to an ad-hoc Nazi prison in Luxembourg to evaluate the Nazi commandants.

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The boss of McDonald's in the UK has been summoned twice to Parliament to answer questions in front of MPs since the BBC's initial investigation.

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He and the other members of Stalin’s inner circle would be summoned to Stalin’s home.

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Thales told AFP the former employee only filed an internal complaint "several hours after being summoned to a meeting towards a possible dismissal for professional incompetence".

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The security source also told AFP there were reports of people being summoned, then vanishing.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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