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  • If it is possible to speak, grosso modo, of a progressive paradigm and a conservative one, then we are forced to realize that they are simply incommensurate.

    Archive 2009-10-01 2009

  • Normalmente, in tutto il mondo, dopo un grosso successo di un movie ne nascono centinaia di imitazione.

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

  • This is less significant than you make it sound, since in normal times -- ie. when the economy hasn't ground to a halt like it's doing now -- most government spending has something of a crowding-out effect; in other words the economic impact of a dollar is grosso modo similar whether I spend it or the government takes it (taxes) and spends it.

    Discourse.net: Budget Deficits In Perspective 2009

  • Velesslatvitsa, a triumphant hymn to the Slav god of music, was the result, a thoroughly rewarding, accessible, tonal "concerto grosso" steeped in the Russian Romantic tradition and played with an assurance way beyond their years by Zhang, with violinists Simone Porter and Michael Province, 12 and 13, and cellist Nathan Chan, 15.

    Alexander Prior: Velesslavitsa 2010

  • It might as well have been titled "Music You've Heard a Lot," as it included Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Bach's Concerto in D for Two Violins, and a concerto grosso by Handel, the precise title of which escapes me.

    The Persistence of Vision (New Mexico) Walter Jon Williams 2010

  • This Friday, Mr. Liebman, who was just named an NEA Jazz Master, unveils his most ambitious treatment, orchestrated for the MSM "Jazz Philharmonic": a concerto-grosso format, positioning a jazz combo against a full symphony orchestra.

    Meditation Demonstrations Will Friedwald 2010

  • Forse avrete notato che non parlo spesso di lavoro qui...questo e' in parte perche' sono sempre un po titubante a dire troppo in un 'luogo' pubblico, e in parte perche' finora il grosso del mio lavoro e' stato 'gettare le fondamenta' per la ricerca che ho in programma di fare.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Ra 2009

  • Forse avrete notato che non parlo spesso di lavoro qui...questo e' in parte perche' sono sempre un po titubante a dire troppo in un 'luogo' pubblico, e in parte perche' finora il grosso del mio lavoro e' stato 'gettare le fondamenta' per la ricerca che ho in programma di fare.

    Sometimes work happens Ra 2009

  • This particular variety is small and the flowers very blue, unlike grosso or provence types.

    Veilchenblau Gets a Trim « Fairegarden 2009

  • John Fitzgerald Gourgeouss quando eu era pequeno, lá embragança eu vivia com uma pulga atrás da orelha pois meu caldinho de boçota era grosso demais pro intestino.

    Tron Legacy: New Image and Poster | /Film 2009

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  • Italian - big. It does not mean gross in the sense of ugly.

    IRC chat log:-

    (MarioHot has joined #chat-world)

    MarioHot: Ciao a tutti! Un grosso saluto al canale!

    Vyper81: English only here. And a gross salute back to you.

    MarioHot: I don't engelish.

    (MarioHot has left #chat-world)

    April 20, 2009