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directorate

duh rek tuh ruht

  • n  a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution

  • During the Andropov era, the KGB's foreign directorate moved out of the Dzerzhinsky Square headquarters to a large, modern, half-moon-shaped office building on the Moscow Ring Road.
  • Bassett knew Foggo from the days when both served in the CIA's directorate of operations, according to one official.
  • In the Karrada neighborhood, where the research directorate is located, residents said the scale of the kidnapping suggested collusion perhaps even participation by real .
News & Articles

  • Styx concert ticket sales start June 28
    U.S. Army Entertainment and Fort McCoy’s Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) will present
    June 24, 2013 - West Salem Coulee News
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    STAVANGER, Norway – The semisubmersible Songa Trym is preparing to drill a wildcat well for Statoil in the Norwegian Sea, following authorization from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.
    June 24, 2013 - Offshore Magazine
  • Wintershall Finds Gas near Tyrihans Field
    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) reported Friday that Wintershall has made a small gas discovery in the vicinity of the Tyrihans field in the Norwegian Sea. Meanwhile, the NPD also reported that is to sell Barents Sea seismic data that it acquired in 2011 and 2012.
    June 21, 2013 - Rigzone
Quotes

  • Tendai Biti in Reuters
    We know there are 18 snipers, and the military intelligence directorate is in charge of this,Tendai Biti, secretary general for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, told a news conference in Nairobi.
  • Alexander Litvinenko in Reuters.uk
    I do feel very bad. I've never felt like this before -- like my life is hanging on the ropes,Litvinenko told The Sunday Times newspaper from his hospital bed. "Officers from the specialist crime directorate are investigating a suspicious...
  • Pervez Musharraf in International Herald Tribune
    You blame us for what is happening in Afghanistan,Musharraf said in an address to Afghan government and army officials and lawmakers at the Foreign Ministry in Kabul. "Let me say neither the government of Pakistan nor ISI (Directorate of...

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