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  • I took comfort in passing the old toreo, half-demolished now.

    Ann Aguirre » Blog Archive » The next to last post of the year 2008

  • I take her to Griffith Park on Saturday morning to watch the men practice toreo.

    The Making of Toro Mark Sundeen 2003

  • I take her to Griffith Park on Saturday morning to watch the men practice toreo.

    The Making of Toro Mark Sundeen 2003

  • I learned about the only English-speaking toreo school in the world, and called up.

    The Making of Toro Mark Sundeen 2003

  • I learned about the only English-speaking toreo school in the world, and called up.

    The Making of Toro Mark Sundeen 2003

  • This was the art of toreo at its finest, the unspectacular but heroic act of a man dominating a wild bull, dispelling his rambunctiousness, taming him with one masterly low pass after another.

    Mexico Michener, James 1992

  • "I think we're all in agreement that he doesn't represent the artistic side of the toreo," says Israel Vicente, director of Tauropress, a public-relations company that specializes in bullfighting.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2009

  • They shorten Ihe duration, and weaken the toreo of the connexion between parents and children.

    The history of America 1812

  • _toreo_ (play) of Lagartijo was always distinguished by its classic grace, its dignity and consummate art, the absence of affectation, or struggle for effect.

    Spanish Life in Town and Country L. Higgin

  • I’m an ardent fan of bullfighting a hope to some day attend a week long toreo class at the Bullfight School of Tauromachy in San Diego, CA.

    I’ve been tagged | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007

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