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  • After a time, here in Beaumont, Texas, we have finally settled upon the Italian word "maestra" as our way to address or introduce a conductor who is female.

    Roll Over, Beethoven 2008

  • The noted Argentine maestra Nora Olivera suggested that my partner Beatrice Bowles and I study with Gustavo.

    Terence Clarke: Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Anne: The New Tango Terence Clarke 2011

  • However, you do need to take a teaching course TEFL CELTA or a pedagogical course somewhere. how to teach is the most important factor. maestra

    What classes do i need to take in college become ESL teacher? « Esl Literacy « Literacy Help « Literacy News 2009

  • The noted Argentine maestra Nora Olivera suggested that my partner Beatrice Bowles and I study with Gustavo.

    Terence Clarke: Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Anne: The New Tango Terence Clarke 2011

  • Very few writers tap into this, even the best do so in brilliant moderation - The Rains of Castamere in a Frey Hall, Isaac's knowledge of Lin's nature to know - but when The Harpist in the Wind ends it feels like some maestra pulled the needle from the record, and even with more contemporary examples that attempt to catch a beat, something seems lost.

    MIND MELD: Which SF/F Books Have The Best and Worst Endings? 2008

  • "He thought, they are not masterpieces, not finished like the paintings we knew of Frida," says Lazo, translating for her husband, who refers to Kahlo as maestra (teacher).

    The Frida Fighters 2010

  • Fifty years after filming "Bienvenido Mister Marshall," Berlanga sat behind a camera for the last time, to film a 10-minute sequence called "El sueno de la maestra" "Teacher's Dream", which had originally been planned for inclusion in the movie but had been banned by the censors.

    Luis Garcia Berlanga Dead: Dies Of Alzheimer's AP 2010

  • Fifty years after filming "Bienvenido Mister Marshall," Berlanga sat behind a camera for the last time, to film a 10-minute sequence called "El sueno de la maestra" "Teacher's Dream", which had originally been planned for inclusion in the movie but had been banned by the censors.

    Luis Garcia Berlanga Dead: Dies Of Alzheimer's AP 2010

  • Seconda strenna israelitica di F.S. C. Friedenberg maestra approvata in Trieste, Trieste: 1869; second edition with the title Da Trieste a Gerusalemme.

    Flora Sophia Clementina Randegger -Friedenberg. 2009

  • The traditional lacquerware of Uruapan never really impressed me until I watched the transformation of a batea (shallow wooden bowl) into a work of art as the maestra explained each step of an arduous and delicate process, selecting the right low-resin wood, grinding pigments from the depths of the earth, mixing it with chia oil, and adding the final and most important ingredient: aje.

    Uruapan - The Real Mexico 2007

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