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veteran

long exercised in anything, especially in military life and the duties of a soldier; long practiced or experienced; as, a veteran officer or soldier; veteran skill. The insinuating eloquence and delicate flattery of veteran diplomatists and courtiers. (Macaulay)

Origin: L. Veteranus, from vetus, veteris, old; akin to Gr. Year, Skr. Vatsara. See Wether.


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NEED ADVICE

Hello peoples, I am asking for your help and or guidance. I am a disabled veteran who is in a long term care facility. The doctors and I have run into a brick wall. When i was doing my stretches i pinched a nerve or something. While standing if i turn my feet ...

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by fisher5642
Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:50 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: NEED ADVICE
Replies: 1
Views: 4822

The Fiber Disease

... ones. The technology is zealously denied by so-called meterologists and physicists, but it exists anyhow. It has been described, for example, by veteran Pentagon scientist and scalar researcher Col. Tom Bearden at his huge web site, http://www.cheniere.org. Here are some quotes (in finer print): ...

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by Nadas Moksha
Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:53 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
Views: 4474511

The Fiber Disease

... of recrudescent melioidosis that illustrates the difficulties encountered in diagnosis and treatment. This case involves a 76-year-old Vietnam veteran who presented with melioidosis of the bone 18 years after exposure to the organism and 10 years after a missed diagnosis of latent pulmonary ...

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by London
Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:48 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
Views: 4474511

Christian???

... extremist groups. The Oklahoma City bombing, the worst terrorist attack in the US before 9/11, was committed by a domestic extremist and US army veteran. Added to the collection and use of guns, bombs and other conventional weapons is the possible use by such individuals of home-made chemical ...

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by Maggie Mae
Thu Jun 29, 2006 6:16 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
Views: 4474511

Strange argument

... satisfy a requirement of staying alive. There is more of such thoughts to come. There is a lot more of what we need to know. I am a kind of veteran thinker of such abstract concepts. And I try to use whatever my knowledge of evolution. I would like anyone to debate this idea. Lastly, are ...

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by deostroll
Sun Sep 25, 2005 1:01 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Origins of life
Replies: 322
Views: 131982


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