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Seguiamo un maschio (Andrew Bukenya) e una femmina (Olga Alex) che volano nel cielo di un mondo cubico, ma non cubista.
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Long before him, Giuseppe Vandelli had also offered this interpretation in his edition of the Commedia, claiming, "Il peccato ... fu commesso tra maschio e femmina" ( "the sin ... was committed between male and female"), and so had Attilio Momigliano in his edition of Dante's poem.
Not Bisexual D'Epiro, Peter 2001
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The name Rea Silvia is ancient, but Rea is only a surname: _rea femmina_ often occurs in Boccaccio, and is used to this day in Tuscany to designate a woman whose reputation is blighted; a priestess Rea is described by Vergil as having been overpowered by Hercules.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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"I understand, Excellency -- è la femmina -- it is the womanly."
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The _odor di femmina_, to use a phrase of Don Giovanni's, is a marked characteristic of his books.
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories George Gissing 1880
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From old Florentine novels -- moreover, from life: Buona femmina e mala femmina vuol bastone.
Beyond Good and Evil Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1872
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"Speriamo che sia femmina" (Let's Hope It's a Girl) in 1986.
Variety.com 2010
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"Speriamo che sia femmina" (Let's Hope It's a Girl) in 1986.
Variety.com 2010
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"Speriamo che sia femmina" (Let's Hope It's a Girl) in 1986.
Variety.com 2010
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I conti sono presto fatti Jun rappresenta l'esemplare femmina di Akira Fudo, Asuka è invece Ryo, il plot nagaiano viene quindi riproposto.
unknown title 2009
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