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  • Directors and designers who specialize in opera often get a bad wrap these days, but Pelly is one of the most exceptional directors working in the field today.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • Directors and designers who specialize in opera often get a bad wrap these days, but Pelly is one of the most exceptional directors working in the field today.

    Who's Your Daddy? 2008

  • First, Secretary Mineta is formally certifying, under the so-called Pelly Amendment, that Japan's actions are undermining international whaling protections.

    Press Briefing By Podesta On Us Actions On Japanese Whaling ITY National Archives 2000

  • Under a law known as the Pelly Amendment, countries in violation of the International Whaling Commission are subject to economic sanctions.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Under a law known as the Pelly Amendment, countries that violate global fisheries conservation agreements are subject to economic sanctions.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Under a law known as the Pelly Amendment, countries that violate global fisheries conservation agreements are subject to economic sanctions.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • a little-known law known as the Pelly Amendment, convinced Taiwan and several other Asian, countries to clamp down on their wildlife trade markets.

    Charting New Courses For Global Conservation 1996

  • Cheyenne made no immediate retort, but later he delivered himself of a new stanza of his trail song, wherein the first line ended with "Pelly" followed by the rhymed assertion that the gentleman who bore that peculiar name had slivers in his anatomy due to a fondness for leaning against the bar of the Blue Front Saloon.

    Partners of Chance Henry Herbert Knibbs 1909

  • Jellicoe issued new Grand Fleet Battle Orders regarding distribution of fire on enemy ships; he wanted no more mistakes such as Pelly’s.

    Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

  • Despite his headline-grabbing antics, Pelly, strangely enough, was one of the few people Wills trusted to escort Kate around town.

    William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

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