Active
Both words in one sentence
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After leaving the service, every German soldier becomes a reservist (and can re-join the active service until a certain age), although reservist duty is nearly entirely voluntary.
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This isn't to say that the Church is opposed to freedom or democracy — quite the opposite — but that the Vatican works best as it is, and nobody complains (it is the only state in the world where everyone who lives there has made an active and completely voluntary choice to do so).
Source: Useful Notes / Vatican City - National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster is a group of a number of organizations that are active in various facets of disaster response.
Source: Enemy Mine / Real Life
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