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  • Corporal is a military rank in use by the armed forces of many countries. It is also a police rank in some police services. The rank is usually the lowest...
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    A corporal punishment or a physical punishment is a punishment which is intended to cause physical pain to a person. When it is inflicted on minors, especially...
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  • It is below the rank of corporal. The presumed origin of the rank of lance corporal derives from an amalgamation of "corporal" from the Italian phrase...
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  • Corporal of horse (CoH) is a rank in the British Army's Household Cavalry corresponding to sergeant in other regiments. Formerly, no cavalry regiments...
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  • Staff corporal (SCpl or S/Cpl) is the equivalent rank to staff sergeant in the Household Cavalry, ranking between corporal of horse and warrant officer...
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  • designate may appoint a corporal as a master corporal. (2) The rank of a master corporal remains that of corporal. (3) Master corporals have seniority among...
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    The Corporal of Bolsena dates from a Eucharistic miracle in Bolsena, Italy, in 1263 when a consecrated host began to bleed onto a corporal, the small cloth...
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  • Second corporal is a military rank, used in some countries. Second corporal (Portuguese: segundo cabo) is an enlisted rank of the army and the air force...
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    USS Corporal (SS-346), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the corporal, an alternate name for the fallfish, found...
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    lance corporal of horse, and then to Corporal of Horse. However, lance corporals of horse are still addressed as "Corporal". A lance-corporal of horse...
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    The WAC Corporal was the first sounding rocket developed in the United States and the first vehicle to achieve hypersonic speeds. It was an offshoot of...
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  • The Corporal and the Others (Hungarian: A tizedes meg a többiek) is a 1965 Hungarian comedy film directed by Márton Keleti. The film was chosen to be part...
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  • Corporal professional is a position in the Pakistan Air Force and a previous position in the British Royal Air Force, beneath senior expert or more junior...
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    his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name Corporal Kirchner in the mid-1980s, as well as his appearances in Japan for New...
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  • Corporal is a rank in use (in some form) by most armies. Corporal may also refer to: Corporal punishment, a form of physical punishment involving the...
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  • Corporal major is a non-commissioned officer military rank, used in some countries. The rank of corporal major was introduced on 18 May 1999. One can only...
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    The corporal is an altar linen used in Catholicism for the celebration of the Mass. Originally called corporax, from Latin corpus ("body"), it is a small...
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  • Army corporals Derek Wood and David Howes were killed by the Provisional IRA in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in what became known as the corporals killings...
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    A switch is a flexible rod which is typically used for corporal punishment. Switching is similar to birching. Switches are typically made of strong and...
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    Physical or corporal punishment by a parent or other legal guardian is any act causing deliberate physical pain or discomfort to a minor child in response...
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