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  • Near the Perillo is a point of rocks which abuts upon the road, and from which a large body of Apaches a few years since pounced upon a band of American trappers and entirely defeated them, killing several and carrying off all their animals.

    Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains 1916

  • "He always watched out for the underdog, '' recalled Perillo, now a minister and musician in Wilkes-Barre -- but then, someone for whom Wysocki spoke up when classmates picked on him.

    FanHouse Main 2010

  • Weingarten's predecessor, Simone Perillo, leaves to run an Italian political thinktank that is expected to oppose Silvio Berlusconi's premiership of Italy, possibly in support of an intriguing prime-ministerial challenge from the former FOTA chairman Luca di Montezemolo.

    David Bernstein hopes Rooney will score with bigwigs at FA 2011

  • Perillo said a piece of the destroyed tower was embedded in its neighbor "like a fork in a piece of cake."

    Toxic Deutsche Bank Building Finally Coming Down AP 2011

  • Perillo said a piece of the destroyed tower was embedded in its neighbor "like a fork in a piece of cake."

    Toxic Deutsche Bank Building Finally Coming Down AP 2011

  • In a plotline reminiscent of 1940s mysteries and cliffhanger serials, each film follows the adventures of Paula “Peril” Perillo, a sexy and determined investigative reporter who has a knack for getting herself in trouble.

    Fan Film Vamp Valerie Perez Back As Paula Peril! | Fan Cinema Today 2009

  • If he steps down, the Senator to take over his place is the opposition PSDB Senator Marconi Perillo, accused of irregularities in the 2006 elections.

    Global Voices in English » Brazil: Digital mob demands the Senate President’s resignation 2009

  • Perillo, a MacArthur Foundation Fellow and a Pulitzer Prize Finalist, is at her best when she shows an exuberance for life emerging from her work with condemned animals.

    Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature Sammy Perlmutter 2010

  • Perillo, a MacArthur Foundation Fellow and a Pulitzer Prize Finalist, is at her best when she shows an exuberance for life emerging from her work with condemned animals.

    Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature Sammy Perlmutter 2010

  • Lucia Perillo: “Inseminating the Elephant” from Inseminating the Elephant. © 2009 by Lucia Perillo.

    The Best American Poetry 2010 Amy Gerstler 2010

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