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General's pass we made our way up the long length of Cape Corso: and at first Sir John, learning there were yet some Genoese left in a valley they call Luri, pitched his camp at the head of it, and day by day took out his camp-stool and stalked the mountains till little by little he cleared the valley, driving the enemy down to the _marina_ in terror of his sharp-shooting.
Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Marisinha, who watched it live, left a comment on the Opus Luri blog [pt] saying she thought the quarrel was innapropriate:
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Judges quarrel live on TV and scandalize the country 2009
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I passed Luri nomadic encampments - small shantytowns with shelters built from a combination of wood, plastic, metal and basically anything to plug the holes.
Mark Kalch: Walking on a Dream - Alone Across Iran Part 4 Mark Kalch 2011
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I passed Luri nomadic encampments - small shantytowns with shelters built from a combination of wood, plastic, metal and basically anything to plug the holes.
Mark Kalch: Walking on a Dream - Alone Across Iran Part 4 Mark Kalch 2011
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IranPersian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%
Languages 2008
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Languages: Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%
Iran 2008
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W. to Pino on the other side of the peninsula by the valley of the Luri, with vineyards and orange groves, passing the village of Luri 3½ m., with good inn, the Col de S. Lucie 7 m., 1363 ft., and S.ronese 9¾ m.
Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads C. B. Black
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The best Cap Corse wine, mostly white, is produced around Luri and Rogliano.
Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads C. B. Black
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It is also important as the spot where the cross-road through the vale of Luri, under Seneca's tower, falls into the western
Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads C. B. Black
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Half-way on this road the village of Luri groups itself in the most picturesque way imaginable on a hill-side broken by a deep ravine.
Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads C. B. Black
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