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  • For the past three years, the Brazilian-born Walter Salles, whose new film, Linha de Passe, is released this month, has been working on a version that he hopes to "be shooting either at the end of this year or the beginning of the next".

    On the Road News 2008

  • For the past three years, the Brazilian-born Walter Salles, whose new film, Linha de Passe, is released this month, has been working on a version that he hopes to "be shooting either at the end of this year or the beginning of the next".

    September 2008 2008

  • In 1244 the troubadours vied with each other in lauding Cecilia des Baux, who was called Passe-Rose, on account of her beauty.

    In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc 1879

  • "Passe" said the soldier, who made the darkness vibrate as he brought his musket to the carry.

    The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Charles Roger

  • The "Passe" was doubtless the "Patent" before introduced, and we hear no word of the annual pension.

    Captain John Smith Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • The "Passe" was doubtless the "Patent" before introduced, and we hear no word of the annual pension.

    The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • "Passe" was a row of numbers from 19 to 36 inclusive; while a row of numbers from 1 to 18 inclusive was known as "Manque."

    The Gambler Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1851

  • No, I merely extended my stock of twenty ten-gulden pieces, and threw them down upon the space "Passe" which happened to be confronting me.

    The Gambler Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1851

  • (four thousand) on to "Passe" (though quite unconscious of what I was doing -- I was merely waiting, as it were, mechanically, and without reflection, for something) and won; and that, finally, four times in succession I lost.

    The Gambler Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1851

  • Featuring Moroccan Hip Hop artists like DJ Key, H-Kayne, Fnaïre, MC Bigg, Brownfingaz, Mot de Passe, FatiShow, this film delves into the “thoughts and dreams of the true future of the Arab world – it's youth.”

    Global Voices in English » Morocco: When Arabs Rock 2009

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