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								He is said to have appeared 5,000 years ago as a cowherd, and is often described as bala-gopala, "the child who protects the cows." 
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								It was originally just called "bala," according to Kouyaté, but when the French came to his area, they renamed it the balafon. Local News 2009 
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								You want select fish that have small adult sizes — bala sharks, for example, are a popular aquarium fish that are only a few inches long when brought home from the store but can grow to be as long as your arm. 
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								Both with Verbo•bala and solo, my work as a bilingual poet and performer has always touched on borders: social, political and personal. Jeff Biggers: Arizona Between Nosotros: Groundbreaking Festival Bridges US-Mexico Border Divide Through Performance Artists Jeff Biggers 2011 
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								Presentaba dos impactos de bala uno en el pecho y el otro en la cabeza y también pegada en la espalda traía una cartulina con la leyenda: “Rufo somos la resistencia contra ti y los Z”. Patzcuaro news 2009 
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								LP: I was born and raised near the Arizona/Mexico border in Cochise County, after graduating from Northern Arizona University in 2005 I moved to Cuernavaca, Morelos and later Mexico City where I co-founded the multimedia performance art group Verbo•bala Spoken Video with video artists Moisés Regla and Adam Cooper-Terán. Jeff Biggers: Arizona Between Nosotros: Groundbreaking Festival Bridges US-Mexico Border Divide Through Performance Artists Jeff Biggers 2011 
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								Presentaba dos impactos de bala uno en el pecho y el otro en la cabeza y también pegada en la espalda traía una cartulina con la leyenda: “Rufo somos la resistencia contra ti y los Z”. Patzcuaro news 2009 
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								LP: I was born and raised near the Arizona/Mexico border in Cochise County, after graduating from Northern Arizona University in 2005 I moved to Cuernavaca, Morelos and later Mexico City where I co-founded the multimedia performance art group Verbo•bala Spoken Video with video artists Moisés Regla and Adam Cooper-Terán. Jeff Biggers: Arizona Between Nosotros: Groundbreaking Festival Bridges US-Mexico Border Divide Through Performance Artists Jeff Biggers 2011 
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								Só que além disso, olha o que é ser pipoqueiro no século XXI: ele coloca um pacotinho com um guardanapo, um palito de dente e uma bala de hortelã. Global Voices in English » Brazil: Tips to face the crisis from a popcorn street seller 2009 
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								Both with Verbo•bala and solo, my work as a bilingual poet and performer has always touched on borders: social, political and personal. Jeff Biggers: Arizona Between Nosotros: Groundbreaking Festival Bridges US-Mexico Border Divide Through Performance Artists Jeff Biggers 2011 
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