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  • Mr. Dolara's duties will be assumed in part by Art Torno , who currently oversees its business in New York, where American is squaring off for the world's largest business travel market against expansion by Delta and United Continental, relying in part on a marketing deal with JetBlue Airways Corp. AMR plans to replace Mr. Torno.

    AMR Posts Big Loss, Reshuffles Managers Doug Cameron 2012

  • A roughly three-hour hike to the medieval village of Torno takes you past old houses and sweeping panoramic lake views and down a wooded descent.

    Lake Como 2007

  • The credit for the successful conclusion to the long and complex negotiations for staging the exhibition goes to Mr. Noah Torno, the Chairman at the time, Dr. Tovell and Mr. Henderson.

    The Museum—Past, Present and Future 1978

  • The next point of remarkable interest shows this, viz., the Barricata, which is a kind of entrance to the enclosure known as Pra del Torno.

    The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys

  • I must, however, make passing mention of the beautiful mountain peak a little higher up on the right hand as you approach Pra del Torno, _i. e.

    The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys

  • But, greatly as I was delighted with the topographical interest of my journey, yet I would not forget that it was the people and their fathers 'deeds and sufferings that had led me to undertake this rather fatiguing enterprise; and long before I reached the Barricata, or Pra del Torno, I had a great enjoyment in being taken by a Vaudois mechanic, who left his work at

    The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys

  • But we now come to the goal of our journey to-day, Pra del Torno, a very sanctuary, embosomed amidst the everlasting hills, the site of the ancient college of the Vaudois clergy, from whence they went forth to preach the doctrines of a pure faith even before Wickliffe rose as the morning star of the Reformation in our own land.

    The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys

  • When they returned they found a card lying upon the table in the little hall -- "Marchese Isidoro Panacci di Torno" -- and Gaspare told them that it had been left by a Signore, who had called on the day of their departure, and had seemed very disappointed to hear that they were gone.

    A Spirit in Prison Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • The boat rounded the point of Torno and came at once into a lonelier region of the lake.

    The Woman with the Fan Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • The steamer had already started for Bellagio, and was far away near the point where Torno nestles around its sheltered harbour.

    The Woman with the Fan Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

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