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This porter used generally to carry out the liquors to the neighbouring customers in small casks, tied up in a coarse bag, or put in a barrow; and whenever the man thought proper to refresh himself (which was frequently the case), he would stop the barrow, and calling Basto (which was the dog's name), in a very peremptory manner bid him mind the bag; and away he went to drink; and frequently left the barrow in the middle of the street.
Anecdotes of Dogs Edward Jesse 1824
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The big fish she and her husband would testify against was Frank “the Bear” Basto, an associate of Joseph Paterno, a capo in the Gambino family.
The Mob and Me John Partington 2010
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Basto - and he has good company: a majority of the members of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
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Professor Basto makes an excellent point, I think.
Tissier de Mallerais speaks The details of the doctrinal talks 2009
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WHen Barrett got back from the airport after dropping me off, Basto apparently looked all over for me, gave Barrett a Dirty Look, and peed on the carpet. nightshayde says:
hei ceiling cat? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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This is consistent with data from fruit flies with defective centrioles (see references in Basto et al., 2006), and experiments in tissue culture where centrioles have been removed by laser, yet chromosomes align normally (Hinchcliffe et al., 2004 and references in Basto et al., 2006 see also Merdes and Cleveland 1997 for natural centrioleless cells).
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The other line of evidence comes from tiny mutant fruit flies that lack centrioles all together Basto et al., 2006, see figure below.
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The ace of spades, or Spadille, was always the first trump; the ace of clubs (Basto) always the third.
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Spadillio, and with your Basto win the other Trump; or if he lead with that, you take it with your Basto; and then your Spadillio wins his
The Royal Game of the Ombre Written at the Request of divers Honourable Persons—1665 Anonymous
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Spadillio, and he player his lesser Trump upon it and wins your Basto the next trick with his Mallilio, and so the contrary; whereas if he leads, he loses both; for if he lead his Mallilio, you take it with your
The Royal Game of the Ombre Written at the Request of divers Honourable Persons—1665 Anonymous
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