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The passionate, and passionately feared, editor of the Daily Mail isn't waiting for a fat lady to turn up and clear her throat: he's singing basso profundo right from the start.
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It turns out to be a blessing, of course: Larry goes to community college, where he's introduced to modern America, the comic basso profundo of his weirdly disassociated economics professor Dr. Matsutani ("Star Trek" vet George Takei) and Mercedes Tainot (Ms. Roberts), a leggy professor so weary and disillusioned she seems capable of extinguishing the spark of even the most eager, knowledge-hungry student.
'Crowne': A Bad Fit for Hollywood Royalty John Anderson 2011
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Sohya woke to use the toilet and heard the animated voices of Peng and Cui coming from the White Tiger module, audible over the round-the-clock basso profundo hum of fans that pervaded the base.
January « 2010 « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science. 2010
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And his voice, a feature I have grown familiar with over the years, is not the deep basso profundo of a movie hero, by any means.
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She emails the following morning to say that her sleep was, "ininterrumpido, inmediato y muy muy profundo."
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Lo profundo es el aire XX fetched 1.4 million ($2.3 million) while Elogio del VacÃo V realized £881,000 ($1.4 million).
Warhol Self-Portrait Sells For $17.4 Million At Auction Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2011
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She emails the following morning to say that her sleep was, "ininterrumpido, inmediato y muy muy profundo."
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The basso profundo screech and release of air brakes.
Blackout # 37-24PA James Lloyd Davis 2011
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Lo profundo es el aire XX fetched 1.4 million ($2.3 million) while Elogio del Vacío V realized £881,000 ($1.4 million).
Warhol Self-Portrait Sells For $17.4 Million At Auction Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2011
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And his voice, a feature I have grown familiar with over the years, is not the deep basso profundo of a movie hero, by any means.
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