noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a combat mission/operation
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He flew 280 combat missions in two wars.
a diplomatic mission
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He was sent to France three times on diplomatic missions.
a mission statement (= one in which an organization states its aims )
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The role of a mission statement is to focus on the purpose of the organization.
a peace mission (= officials who are sent by their government to another country to discuss peace )
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India’s prime minister sent a peace mission to the Gulf.
a rescue operation/mission
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A major rescue operation was launched yesterday after two divers were reported missing.
Mission accomplished (= we have done what we intended to do )
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Mission accomplished .
mission control
mission creep
mission statement
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Use a personal mission statement to chart your career course.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
diplomatic
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Only VIPs and foreign diplomatic missions are given permission to utilise such dishes.
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Cobham might adorn a diplomatic mission but would surely mismanage a key political post such as that of Canterbury's archbishopric.
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They are considered attaches to the diplomatic mission there and are not armed.
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The success of a diplomatic mission depends as much as anything on the quality of the information.
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A token number of official diplomatic missions is desirable but not essential.
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Crucial to the success of diplomatic missions were first the quality of the ambassadors and secondly the political intelligence.
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It has nine permanent diplomatic missions abroad.
military
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Between 1945-46, he served on a military mission to Washington.
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Harman said that while the military mission has gone well, she doubts that the country can be united.
personal
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His personal and professional mission could be said to be to build a successful business in running shoes.
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This was, indeed, the-real-ization of his personal and professional mission .
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In fact, he and his wife made that their personal and professional mission .
secret
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Dole was described by aides as furious that word had leaked of what was supposed to be a secret mission .
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There were secret caches, secret trails, secret codes, secret missions , secret terrors and appetites and longings and regrets.
■ NOUN
combat
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His very first authentic combat mission as commander.
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He was nervous and cocky at our briefing, the dashing leader of a combat mission to the dreaded Ia Drang.
control
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The geologists in mission control were not best pleased as they had planned some serious scientific work at the landing site.
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It will post the material, via mission control in San Francisco, on the Internet.
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It reminded the sergeant of mission control for some dark and mysterious space flight.
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It also functions as the mission control centre for the city's street people.
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One lot is assigned to mission control and the other to the space station.
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Armstrong, meanwhile, was still searching for a safe landing spot and the tension at mission control was climbing.
mercy
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Soldiers now face the harsh reality of their mercy mission in the barren country.
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The authorities also believe if these mercy missions continue it could present long term problems.
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It was the first and last time I was to fly on one of its mercy missions .
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With United Nations help, it's hoped this mercy mission will be the first of many.
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Rival warlords are also holding up mercy missions with feuds over contracts to take food to drought-ravaged towns and villages.
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I had heard of the many mercy missions of the ruler's private planes.
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They already have a Hercules plane running mercy missions to Sarajevo.
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It's undertaken a number of mercy missions such as to the Kurds.
rescue
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They had already tried to get him to mount a rescue mission using his ship.
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No staggering lines formed at rescue missions .
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A desperate rescue mission was launched.
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He hit upon a rescue mission for himself: freedom bonds.
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But social service officials have warned that even if this latest rescue mission is successful the children could face long-term emotional problems.
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Intermittent radio failure on board the boat also hampered the rescue mission .
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He believes rescue missions should be carefully planned but do serve a purpose.
shuttle
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Challenger Learning Centres aim to give children something of the excitement and adventure of a shuttle mission .
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It will be the first shuttle mission for Horowitz, who began flying with his father at age 7.
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It also provides a docking facility for later shuttle missions .
statement
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The mission statement of a health authority may be to promote the health and hygiene of the people in its catchment area.
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Can you create a mission statement that is a reflection of your personal and business goals in two sentences or less?
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This would be a good time to try to do a mission statement of your own.
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This becomes part of your mission statement and will help you focus as your business grows.
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And entrepreneurs have also found it useful to discuss any possible mission statement with their spouses or partners.
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Such a mission statement would combine his love for running with making money.
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Can you write down your mission statement in one or two sentences?
suicide
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His suicide mission came as a surprise to more people than just his family.
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As Delbert saw it, they went on suicide missions , which was just the kind of action he wanted.
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The powers-that-be decide to send you on a suicide mission - nice peeps, aren't they?
trade
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Both these titles were cover-names for the department responsible for eavesdropping on foreign embassies and trade missions in London.
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Ron Brown was on a trade mission to the Balkans when he died in the line of duty.
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Botha also announced the opening of a trade mission in St Petersburg.
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Also, the programme of trade missions undertaken in 1990/91 decreased in comparison to the previous year.
■ VERB
accomplish
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In essence, he had accomplished his original mission .
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They are authorized to use any conceivable means to accomplish the mission .
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Leonie had exactly one hour to accomplish her mission .
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Such abuse of power is not just a problem for women, it is potentially an obstacle to accomplishing the mission .
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Both systems were created during the 1930s to accomplish specific missions .
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By this stage, the groundwork necessary for manned missions has been accomplished .
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As he was zealous to accomplish his mission , SlideIl fumed and protested the delay.
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The Sun Devils accomplished half their mission .
carry
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They had some Lewes bombs, but no detonators, and thus could not carry out their mission .
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Ahab is seen as the Pope and the three primitive harpooners are his cardinals who will help him carry out his mission .
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That evening Valeria and I discussed the problem of whether to carry on with our mission or not.
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Both have optical equipment that allows pilots to carry out nighttime bombing missions .
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Like Noah in his ark, they had traveled across the vast oceanic flood to carry out their holy mission .
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Before carrying his mission on to Corinth, Paul gave private instructions to Dionysius and Damaris.
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In which free-lance warriors are selected one at a time to carry out a dangerous mission .
complete
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He must complete his mission and leave as fast as possible.
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A second biological weapons inspection team, which arrived on Sept. 20, was expected to complete its mission in early October.
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A Jaguar pilot, he completed 31 missions .
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Your objective is to complete your mission and return to base in one piece.
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Ramlal longed to complete his mission and get back to the peace of the village.
establish
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A more formally established lunar mission steering group was convened at Langley during 1960.
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Eventually pentecostals-some of them-did organize denominations, establish mission boards, found colleges, and administer vast, sprawling missionary enterprises.
fly
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Our helicopter gunships flew 118 missions and returned safely to base.
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A lot of commanders flying these missions liked to get real close to get a good look.
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In October 1964 the Soviets flew the first three-man mission .
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All were tied to their product and its relation to the wing flying mission .
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The helicopter, which covers six counties, has flown four hundred missions and saved at least twenty lives in the last year.
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I'd flown too many missions , seen too many of my friends blown to pieces.
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He and I had flown the last mission together, my first hot mission.
lead
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First, however, he was chosen to lead another mission to London.
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Now the man who led the mission has told their story.
man
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The Nova will have unmanned launches next year followed by a manned mission , which Bennett himself wants to pilot.
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For manned lunar-landing missions , an even larger booster was required.
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In all there were eleven manned Apollo missions , of which nine flew to the Moon.
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Further, no nation on Earth presently has the ability to launch manned lunar missions .
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At that stage the engines were being developed with a manned Mrs mission in mind.
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By this stage, the groundwork necessary for manned missions has been accomplished.
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It is now far more acceptable to start talking about a manned mission to Mars.
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Manned visits to the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos often figure as parts of manned missions to the surface of Mars.
peacekeeping
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The United Nations peacekeeping mission was a disaster waiting to happen.
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Wars begin and end quickly; peacekeeping missions go on for ever.
send
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In 1847 the ambassador in Vienna was sent on a special mission to the papacy.
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The poverty in Cocorote convinced her of the need to send a mission .
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They are only useful to the people who sent Elmariel on this mission .
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I offered to send a technical mission to Moscow to assess the immediate needs at first hand.
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There will also be in-depth discussion on Northern Ireland and the Mr Clinton's plan to send a fact-finding mission .
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The four men who were killed were sent on a murder mission .
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Zhang Qian was sent with a mission and suitable gifts.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fact-finding trip/visit/mission etc
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At that stage, I did not make any connection between my irritability and my fact-finding missions.
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My older brother, who had a crush on my friend, often accompanied me on these fact-finding missions.
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Some pass the evening chatting to a Member of Parliament on a fact-finding mission.
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There is always a Member of Parliament on a fact-finding mission.
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There will also be in-depth discussion on Northern Ireland and the Mr Clinton's plan to send a fact-finding mission.
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There will be no fact-finding missions to any of the countries in question.
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This in turn means swotting up on the subject, going on fact-finding missions and meeting politicians and organisers.
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When on the fact-finding mission, my approach was a lot like yours, matter-of-fact.
mercy flight/mission etc
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A Home Office spokeswoman confirmed last night that Stansted would be used for all future mercy flights.
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I had heard of the many mercy missions of the ruler's private planes.
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It was the first and last time I was to fly on one of its mercy missions.
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Rival warlords are also holding up mercy missions with feuds over contracts to take food to drought-ravaged towns and villages.
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Soldiers now face the harsh reality of their mercy mission in the barren country.
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The authorities also believe if these mercy missions continue it could present long term problems.
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They already have a Hercules plane running mercy missions to Sarajevo.
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With United Nations help, it's hoped this mercy mission will be the first of many.
mission/cost/grade etc creep
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It is a case of mission creep gone wildly over the top.
personal mission statement
suicide attack/mission/bombing etc
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As Delbert saw it, they went on suicide missions, which was just the kind of action he wanted.
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His suicide mission came as a surprise to more people than just his family.
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The powers-that-be decide to send you on a suicide mission - nice peeps, aren't they?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A British trade mission has arrived in Moscow.
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a rescue mission to salvage a satellite
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Bush flew bomber missions for the Navy in World War II.
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He volunteered to embark on a dangerous secret mission into occupied France.
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He was immediately sent to Paris. His mission was to negotiate a ceasefire.
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I flew on over 280 combat missions in two wars, so I'm used to danger.
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Longobardi headed up the Jesuit mission to China.
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The food missions in Pittsburgh usually serve 750 people per day.
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The French President has sent a mission to the region to try to find a peace formula.
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the Galileo mission to Mars
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The Prime Minister of Canada will be leading a trade mission to India and Pakistan.
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Their mission is to go to the rainforest to study possible medicinal uses of the plants there.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But he knew very well that it was a dangerous mission .
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Equally, each organization will have developed its own sense of its tasks mission and role in relation to others.
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Future missions would collect those rocks and return them to Earth for analyses.
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He goes on to relate many other such stories, mainly involving apparitions on the mission field.
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In that office he translated the old church language about a sense of mission , redirecting it to the nation.
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In this mission , Momich continues to make every effort to be responsive to and sensitive of his neighbors.
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On early missions the insulating foam was painted white so that it matched the rest of the shuttle.
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This is a mission , carried out by people with fire in their eyes.