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It's not worth sitting through hours of boring music and tired stage schtick for the sake of a good overture and a prima donna showpiece: I have plenty of recordings of Una voce poco fa and Non piu mesta, and that's sufficient.
Archive 2007-08-01 Lisa Hirsch 2007
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It is possible to neutralize carefully selected and planned targets, such as court judges, mesta judges, police and State Security officials ....
Testing the Definition of "Terrorism": Luis Posada Carriles and the U.S. 2006
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It is possible to neutralize carefully selected and planned targets, such as court judges, mesta judges, police and State Security officials, CDS chiefs, etc.
Think Progress » Parkinson Foundation Debunks Limbaugh’s False Smears of Michael J. Fox 2006
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It is possible to neutralize carefully selected and planned targets, such as court judges, mesta judges, police and State Security officials, CDS chiefs, etc.
Are You Threatening Me? Garry 2005
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It is possible to neutralize carefully selected and planned targets, such as court judges, mesta judges, police and State Security officials, CDS chiefs, etc.
Archive 2005-08-01 Garry 2005
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Alas, in Russian only: Petr Vail, *Genij mesta Genius of the Place, collection of essays on connection between the place and the [mostly] literary genius who [in author's personal vision] represent it.
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Họttr sagði: 'þat er ekki dýr, heldr er þat hit mesta trọll.'
The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf A Contribution To The History Of Saga Development In England And The Scandinavian Countries Oscar Ludvig Olson
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Hott answered, 'That is no beast, it is rather the greatest of monsters.' (þat er ekki dýr, heldr er þat hit mesta trọll).
The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf A Contribution To The History Of Saga Development In England And The Scandinavian Countries Oscar Ludvig Olson
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"Art is long, if time is fleeting," she sang to the measure of her _Non più mesta_, beginning again to shower its diamonds about till all the air seemed bright with her young and sparkling voice.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Various
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Administrative divisions: 73 districts (okresi, singular -- okres) and 4 municipalities* (mesta, singular -- mesto); Benesov, Beroun,
The 1999 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
sionnach commented on the word mesta
The Mesta (Spanish Honrado Concejo de la Mesta, Honored Council of the Mesta) was a powerful association of sheep holders in the medieval Kingdom of Castile. The sheep were transhumant, migrating from the pastures of Extremadura and Andalusia to Castile and back according to the season.
December 20, 2007