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He worked assiduously to fan the flames of sectarian civil war, succeeding to the extent that now the chief reason for not intervening to stop the killing is the impossibility of doing so effectively in an environment of sectarian violence.

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In response, three tribes led by the Lakota chief Red Cloud attacked and defeated the US army, many times over.

1877: The great Lakota warrior and chief named Crazy Horse surrendered at Fort Robinson.

He asked Octavio to be his chief of staff.

And I look back to those early days when I had the lofty title, I still have, of chief exec, but in the early days, I was chief exec of myself.

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