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When Zaire became independent in 1960, he returned as a respected lieutenant in the army.

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Collins taught home economics in high school and math in junior high before she transitioned into politics, elected clerk of the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1975 and then lieutenant governor in 1979.

He graduated in May of 1964 as a second lieutenant, and they got married at our home church, Carver Memorial, in July 1965.

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Once the South took control of the submarine, Confederate navy lieutenant John Payne volunteered to be its captain.

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The following day, a lieutenant in the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s homicide unit emailed Mitlyng, asking the detective to huddle with the prosecutor on the case.

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

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