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‘An (attorney general) can be assistant.’

[⟨det (nn attorney.n general.n)⟩ assistant.a]

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He was a Special assistant U.S. attorney general of U.S. Department of Justice, Denver, Colorado from 1918 to 1920.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“This settlement reaffirms the principle that public schools cannot require students to check their faith at the schoolhouse door, “Alexander Acosta, assistant attorney general for civil rights, was quoted as saying by the CNN.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

James Robinson, 8, shares more than a name with a pilot and a former assistant attorney general, CNN reports.
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In Wikipedia:

He declined appointment as assistant attorney general of Texas in 1892, and an appointment to the state bench in 1896.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Rachel Brand, former assistant attorney general under President George W. Bush, said she was saddened by the comment, which she called’ ’ condescending.” “Never mind that Thomas already had been confirmed by the Senate to three different positions – including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit (the second – most prestigious court in the land after the U.S. Supreme Court) – before he was nominated to the Supreme Court, “Brand said.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

She lost by a narrow margin despite a’ ’ remarkably plucky fight,’ ’ and the winning candidate, Henri J. Haskell, demonstrated his respect for her abilities by appointing her assistant attorney general in 1893.
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In Wikipedia:

Black returned to politics in 1912 when he became Kentucky’s first assistant attorney general.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Besides the airline pilot, there’s the James Robinson who served as U.S. attorney in Detroit, Michigan, and as an assistant attorney general in the Clinton administration; and James Robinson of California, who loves tennis, swimming and flying to the East Coast to see his grandmother.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Jeffrey Bucholtz, the acting assistant attorney general, argued for the defendants.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

As deputy assistant attorney general, he wrote a letter declaring that if torture’ ’ is undertaken to prevent a threatened attack, rather than for the purpose of humiliation or abuse,’ ’ it doesn’t violate the Geneva Conventions’ ban on’ ’ outrages upon personal dignity,’ ’ and is thus presumed to be legal.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Hill, a longtime attorney for the Utah State Board of Education, was stripped last year by Shurtleff of her title of assistant attorney general over her official recommendation to schools not to implement a voucher system for Utah’s schools.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The DOJ, of course, was building its antitrust case against Microsoft, and Heilemann wanted in: “I started calling around and got the assistant attorney general to let me inside a lot of the case – as long as I didn’t write anything until the trial was over.”
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Christine Gregoire attended law school at Gonzaga University in Spokane, graduating in 1977, and went to work as an assistant attorney general in the office of state Attorney General Slade Gorton, a Republican.
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A graduate of New York Law School (1950), he served as assistant attorney general to the New York State attorney general from 1953 until 1955.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The ANA, a powerful group of more than 400 companies that spend more than $ 100 billion in marketing and commercial advertising, said it conducted a comprehensive and independent analysis of its members and held in – person discussions with both companies before sending the letter to Thomas Barnett, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s antitrust division.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Democrats in Congress have refused to confirm the nomination of Grace Chung Becker as assistant attorney general for civil rights, in part because she supported state laws that require voters to present identification to cast ballots; the Supreme Court affirmed the legality of similar laws.
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He also worked in the Rhode Island Attorney General’s office as a special assistant attorney general from 1985 to 1990, chief of the Regulatory Unit (which oversaw utilities) from 1988 to 1990, and also an assistant attorney general from 1989 to 1990.
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He was an Assistant attorney general of Post Office Department from 1903 to 1904.
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Voinovich began his political career in 1963 as an assistant attorney general of Ohio.
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Queried on 2013-06-20.