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  • But Abreu's laying of foundations for the future of El Sistema, says Rattle, is due to the ethos among its musicians of handing it on.

    Simon Rattle: Abreu deserves the Nobel peace prize Ed Vulliamy 2010

  • Or was he (as I now think most likely) simply what our ancestors called a Rattle, a man from whose mouth information, true and false, flows out all day long without consideration, almost without volition?

    Surprised by Joy Lewis, C. S. 1955

  • 'From the Sky Down': U2, looking back on a funk "The Joshua Tree," sending them on a global stadium tour, part of which was chronicled in a tediously important, black-and-white documentary called "Rattle and Hum," in which their earnest enthusiasm for rootsy blues and rock verged on the embarrassingly pedantic.

    The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Hank Stuever 2011

  • A spokesman for MacKay, Jay Paxton, refused to provide more detail on MacKay's apparent 2009 flight to Burnt Rattle, which is co-owned by one of MacKay's personal friends, the chair of a federal Crown corporation.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Allan Woods 2011

  • Because without a shilling he could not exchange that square of cardboard with "Rattle" on it for his one friend, Tinkler.

    Harding's Luck Edith 1909

  • "Rattle" in three - or four-minute sessions, meaning bang the antlers together for a few minutes, then sit tight and don't move.

    Fort Frances Times Online - 2008

  • I turned it into a miniature "Military Rattle Battle", you had a shooter and a spotter if you ever been in one, kinda like a Sniper Team!

    What is the best cartridge for long range hunting? For deer through elk size game. 2009

  • It was premiered in Boston by the then-barely-known Leonard Bernstein; others who tackled it early in their careers include Seiji Ozawa, Andre Previn, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Simon Rattle and, most recently, Gustavo Dudamel.

    NSO Review: 'Turangalila's' majestic sweep soars above the flaws 2011

  • Not for the first time, nor probably for the last, Hughes was casting his extraordinary spell over an audience which, for two generations now, has been brought up on The Hawk in the Rain, Crow and The Rattle Bag, as well as on the lyrical volcano that is the tale of Ted and Sylvia, one of the great love stories of the 20th century.

    Ted Hughes's final lines to Sylvia Plath bring closure to a tragic tale Robert McCrum 2010

  • I turned it into a miniature "Military Rattle Battle", you had a shooter and a spotter if you ever been in one, kinda like a Sniper Team!

    What is the best cartridge for long range hunting? For deer through elk size game. 2009

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