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  • So instead I picked up a pack of round, flat rolls called Bulla cakes, a Jamaican specialty my neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn is predominantly Caribbean.

    Eggs Benedict, an easy bodega brunch 2009

  • Mohiboollah, who had been a trooper in the King of Oude's service, contrived to get the lease of the estate of Bulla, which is about twenty miles north-east from our camp; and turning out all the old landholders and cultivators, he there raised a gang of robbers, to plunder his neighbours and travellers.

    A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II William Sleeman 1822

  • In the so-called Bulla Sabbatina John XXII affirmed that wearers of the scapular are soon freed from the flames of purgatory, at least by the Saturday after death.

    A Little Rock'n'Roll with our Elevenses John 2008

  • At the time I was reading poems of the English Jacobean poet Richard Crashaw, and was fascinated by his 157-line Latin poem Bulla (Bubble), which at one point personifies a floating bubble that has this to say: (Read more here)

    Elliott Carter at 100 2008

  • I dropped by the Bluegrass Allstars — truth in packaging, with Sam Bush on mandolin, Jerry Douglas on Resophonic guitar (called by most people a Dobro, a different brand), Edgar Meyer on bass, Luke Bulla on fiddle and vocals and Bela Fleck on banjo.

    Bonnaroo: Bad Bluegrass Jokes - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • The latest confirmation of the Bulla Sabbatina was promulgated by the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences, July 4, 1908.

    A Little Rock'n'Roll with our Elevenses John 2008

  • I dropped by the Bluegrass Allstars — truth in packaging, with Sam Bush on mandolin, Jerry Douglas on Resophonic guitar (called by most people a Dobro, a different brand), Edgar Meyer on bass, Luke Bulla on fiddle and vocals and Bela Fleck on banjo.

    Bonnaroo: Bad Bluegrass Jokes - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Anonymous said ... apropos of HUGO CABRET - remember when the same argument was made for Russell Hoban? it is possible to be good at both! how many others might qualify in both categories? and totally unrelated: who remembers ClydeRobert Bulla, who just died?

    Place your bets! Roger Sutton 2007

  • Castro would go on to tell El Universal that “Diente Bulla” cannot help but laugh at the police and their attempts to regain control of the slum.

    Las Mayas: A Neighborhood in Hell 2008

  • It is also interesting to note that the Glock, which is believed weapon of choice of “Diente Bulla”, has also been the side weapon of choice of the Venezuelan military for quite some time.

    Las Mayas: A Neighborhood in Hell 2008

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