line of duty

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line of duty - all that is normally required in some area of responsibility

duty, obligation, responsibility - the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr

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duty line line officer obligation responsibility To draw a straight furrow			Ewan's partner Lynsey Baird, mum Linda and sister Rebecca joined his colleagues from across the UK at the International Firefighters Service of Remembrance in London for those killed in the line of duty. FAMILY'S TEARS FOR HERO EWAN by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) RTE will trace a family's 28-year struggle for justice for a young Garda shot in the line of duty. HUNT FOR KILLERS OF UNARMED GARDA by The Mirror (London, England) REMEMBRANCE Sunday saw X Factor charity single Hero - released to raise money for servicemen and women injured in the line of duty - hold on to the number one spot for a second week. IN BRIEF: Still No 1 by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			line drive line engraving line feed line gauge Line Islands line item line judge line management line of arrival line of battle Line of battle ship Line of beauty line of business Line of centers Line of collimation line of communications Line of Control line of credit line of defence line of defense line of demarcation line of departure line of descent line of destiny Line of dip line of duty line of fate line of fire line of flight line of force line of gab line of heart line of impact Line of incidence line of inquiry line of latitude line of least resistance Line of levels line of life Line of lines line of longitude line of march line of merchandise Line of nodes Line of operations line of poetry line of products line of questioning line of reasoning line of Saturn line of scrimmage			Line of Dance line of defence line of defense line of demarcation line of demarcation line of demarcation Line of demarkation Line of demarkation Line of demarkation Line of Demolition Line of Departure Line of Departure Line of Departure Line of Departure Is Friendly Forward Disposition Line of Departure Is Present Position Line of Departure/Line of Contact line of descent line of descent line of destiny Line of dip line of Douglas line of Douglas line of Douglas line of Douglas line of Douglas line of draw line of draw line of draw line of draw line of draw line of duty Line Of Duty Death Line of Duty Injury Line of Duty Investigation Line of Effort Line of electric force Line of electric force line of electrostatic induction line of elevation Line of Engagement Line of Equal Bearing line of fall line of fate line of fire line of fire line of fixation line of flight line of flight line of flight line of flux line of force line of force line of force line of force line of force line of gab line of goods line of gravity line of heart line of impact line of impact

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