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a rank in the Royal Navy comparable to that of a private in the army

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Only one other Star Wars film has earned a PG-13 rating, the 2005 prequel Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
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However, first time Star Wars director J.J. Abrams has never made a film with any other rating.
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There was nothing out of the ordinary, but for the fact that Jim was gay.
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The Rizzoli in New York City was no ordinary bookstore in its seventies heyday.
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They refused to believe that ordinary humans could beat them at their own game.
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Bacteria, when present in great numbers, give a uniform cloud which cannot be removed by ordinary filtration.
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All the ordinary subjects in schools have been taught over and over again millions and millions of times.
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In one sense, then, the new issue has adequate expansibility for ordinary needs.
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When ordinary methods do not suffice, it can usually be cleared by shaking up with a little magnesium carbonate and filtering.
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It behaves the same as glucose with all the ordinary tests, and can be distinguished only by polarization.
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