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  • The top line is a quote from the Odyssey: "Soi de theoi tosa doien osa fresi sesi menoinas": "And for thyself, may the gods grant thee all that thy heart desires".

    Archive 2009-05-01 James F. McGrath 2009

  • The top line is a quote from the Odyssey: "Soi de theoi tosa doien osa fresi sesi menoinas": "And for thyself, may the gods grant thee all that thy heart desires".

    LOST: What Lies in the Shadow of the Season 5 Finale? James F. McGrath 2009

  • The ANC at the end of last year interviened in the power struggle between former Free State Premier Patrick Terror Lekota and tosa.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • An acceptilation can be made in Greek, provided the form corresponds to that of the Latin words, as 'exeis labon denaria tosa; exo labon.'

    The Institutes of Justinian John Baron Moyle 1891

  • In places, too, the surface was streaked with light yellow patches, probably of sun-gilt _tosa_ or pumice.

    To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Richard Francis Burton 1855

  • The good news is that the offense has been pretty good without Fielder getting going yet. terry, tosa - is this pithching staff really as bad as it seems or just early in the season?

    JSOnline.com 2010

  • The Dangerous Dog Act bans the ownership of four breeds: the pit bull terrier, Japanese tosa, the Argentine dogo and the Brazilian mastiff.

    Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010

  • The government wants to amend the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act, under which four types of dogs - the pit bull terrier, the Japanese tosa, the dogo Argentinos and the fila brasileiros - are banned.

    Rocket News Editor 2010

  • A regulated dog is one that has been declared dangerous or menacing, or is of one of four breeds - American pit bull terrier, dogo Argentino, fila Brasileiro, or Japanese tosa.

    sunshinecoastdaily.com.au: The Sunshine Coast Daily 2010

  • The good news is that the offense has been pretty good without Fielder getting going yet. terry, tosa - is this pithching staff really as bad as it seems or just early in the season?

    JSOnline.com 2010

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  • a modern dog breed developed from the Japanese Kochi, bull-terrier, bulldog, Great Dane, and St. Bernard. (According to Simon & Schuster's Guide to Dogs, 1980)

    February 21, 2007