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  • "Oiseau Lunaire" 1945 by Joan Miró, a surrealist olive-wood sculpture called moon bird, captures the eye.

    Where the Action Is Margaret Studer 2011

  • This rustic deli-cafe is the offspring of Olives Et Al, east Dorset purveyors of Mediterranean olives pitted, marinated, stuffed, oils and balsamics, olive-wood bowls and the like.

    West Dorset's top 10 budget eats 2011

  • A Jerusalem, olive-wood cross swings from his rear-view mirror.

    President Obama's nighthawks: Top officials charged with guarding the nation's safety story Laura Blumenfeld • photos by Melina Mara in dead of night 2010

  • Well, no, on second thought, don't eat your heart out, because I need it still to be there when I run an olive-wood stake through it to make sure that you do not rise from the dead, you hell-bred blood-sucker.

    Krauthammer Gives The Race To Obama 2009

  • If you are very, very lucky in Italy, you can sometimes find somebody to grill a thick steak over a hot olive-wood fire, then gild it with just enough lardo to dissolve into the meat and scent it with the supreme fragrance of rosemary, spices and profoundly matured pork.

    Boing Boing 2007

  • West Bankgenerally small family businesses that produce cement, textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis have established some small-scale, modern industries in the settlements and industrial centers

    Industries 2008

  • Industries: generally small family businesses that produce cement, textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis have established some small-scale, modern industries in the settlements and industrial centers

    West Bank 2008

  • Industries: generally small family businesses that produce textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis had established some small-scale modern industries in an industrial center, but operations ceased prior to Israel's evacuation of Gaza Strip settlements

    Gaza Strip 2008

  • Next, piling up shingle near the sea, they raised there an altar on the shore to Apollo, under the name of Actius8 and Embasius, and quickly spread above it logs of dried olive-wood.

    The Argonautica 2008

  • Gaza Stripgenerally small family businesses that produce textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis had established some small-scale modern industries in an industrial center, but operations ceased prior to Israel's evacuation of Gaza Strip settlements

    Industries 2008

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