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  • Ms. Battista won with a drink called sipa de Espana made from espresso with olive oil, salt, chocolate and a breadstick.

    post-gazette.com - News 2009

  • ” He denotes Bologna by its situation between the rivers Savena to the east and Reno to the west, and by a peculiarity of dialect, the use of the affirmative “sipa” instead either of “si” or of “sia.

    Inferno [Hell]. Canto XVIII 1909

  • It also informs the general public of a ban on the operations of Shrimp drift net, locally known as Felefele Sipa sipa, with immediate effect.

    World Posts - Daily Observer - RSS 2009

  • He denotes Bologna by its situation between the rivers Savena to the east, and Reno to the west of that city; and by a peculiarity of dialect, the use of the affirmative sipa instead of si.v. 90.

    Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete 1265-1321 Dante Alighieri 1293

  • I imagine the applause came from those twenty something sipa students who don’t exactly harbor the most pro-america sentiments—in fact Richard Bulliet (History professor who somewhat defended ahmnadinejad in the spectator today), Lisa Anderson (SIPA dean) and the temporary assistant dean were most responsible for bringing him here–and are all associated with SIPA.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Ahmadinejad Speech at Columbia: 2007

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  • A Tagalog word for a traditional kicking game using a small ball, also for the now-internationalised sport of sepak takraw.

    December 2, 2007