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The Minister said the Irrigation and Flood Control Department has also readied 85,850 empty cement bags, 3,582 cubic metres of stone, 5,275 wooden 'balli', 2,700 iron mesh or 'jali', 11 trucks, 422 life jackets and 45 specialised search lights to meet any eventuality.
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The most probable supposition is that they only enter this region with the rains and trek from one _balli_ to another.
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The young women proceed in a body to the upper end of the _balli_ (hall), where there is a part divided off for them by a curtain.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women Havelock Ellis 1899
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The change from the "balli sahib" of the Tabbas villagers to the "O, O, O" of the Afghan nomads is novel and entertaining in the extreme, and I sit and listen with no small interest to the edifying conversation of the khan, the mirza, and the mudbake on the one side, and the Eimuck chieftain and prominent members of the tribe on the other.
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894
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Another peculiarity of expression, that, while not peculiar to this particular camp, is made striking by reason of its novelty to me at this time, the use of the expression "O" as a term of assent, in lieu of the Persian "balli."
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894
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A measure called a salup, weighing about two pounds, is equal to a fanam or twopence-halfpenny: a balli, another small measure, goes for four keppeng, or three-fifths of a penny.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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L'incontro fra culture così diverse, come possono essere quelle dei Nativi Americani e degli Aztechi, permette di evidenziare il legame inscindibile fra l'Essere Umano e la Madre Terra: luomo infatti utilizzava coscienziosamente i frutti e le risorse messe a sua disposizione dalla natura e le rendeva grazie con cerimonie, racconti, canti e balli.
WN.com - Articles related to Water crisis of east & west Punjab 2010
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Aztechi, permette di evidenziare il legame inscindibile fra l'Essere Umano e la Madre Terra: luomo infatti utilizzava coscienziosamente i frutti e le risorse messe a sua disposizione dalla natura e le rendeva grazie con cerimonie, racconti, canti e balli.
WN.com - Articles related to Water crisis of east & west Punjab 2010
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'Tht. -y distentc. * tn;; cmlriirp.' tnc-nciond balli.
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VMe Gipwici patet, &c. not balli w, & c. \ return the constitution £*; £ s * 'f **' foand. fo; and that the recorder is amoveable pro malt - iSaik.
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