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  • (B, 4405) -- and I conjecture that the first part of Stelfox is connected with stealing, as in the medieval name Stele-cat --

    The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

  • Thus began an artistic trajectory that will culminate in the "Stele" project, which encompasses at least 12 novels and reams of poetry engraved on six-foot granite slabs 3,367 of them, a factor of 70,707 that he will start installing when he turns 58, in another 10 years.

    The big bad boy of the concert hall Anne Midgette 2011

  • Here, the prizes among the 13 well-placed sculptures are a rusting steel "Stele" by Kelly; one of Louise Bourgeois's giant black spiders; and a six-legged metal "stabile" by Calder.

    SFMOMA Fills In Some Blanks 2010

  • The Inventory Stele – said to have been written by Khufu – states that the monument (Great Pyramid) was dedicated to Isis.

    Name Stargate | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • The Inquisitor Stele, instrumental in the recovery, shows that he is Up To Something.

    Blood Angels marycatelli 2010

  • I see what you mean, he'll be judged mainly on how he handles the warhorses, but the most interesting pieces are the ones you didn't mention (and what * I'll* judge him by): Ligeti's awesome Atmospheres and Kurtag's Stele.

    Better 2008

  • I agree that Stele was the high point of the performance (I attended the Sunday Matinee).

    Climb Every Mountain 2008

  • And while Dudamel receives a staggering amount of unearned praise, I did feel that his conducting of Stele showed exactly what had been missing from his previous LA Phil appearances.

    Climb Every Mountain 2008

  • One of the major highlights, Stele I by Ellsworth Kelly, sits near the far corner of the garden, a giant two-dimensional Tic Tac.

    Buzzine » Rooftop Sculpture Garden 2009

  • You wrote: "A few days ago, I received a mail concerning the North Picene language and the Novilara Stele" so I wondered if he had written you as he had done to me a while back:

    Novilara Stele remains a mystery 2009

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