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  • It is available on market days in many towns from a truck; one can request it “magro” (lean), “grasso” (fat) or “misto” or “mezzo-mezzo” (mixed, half-and-half).

    A Tasty Sandwich Near Siena - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • There have been a lot of movies with this title, and even a mezzo-mezzo 2009 remake, but there's never been anything quite like this 1974 oddity from B-movie legend Larry Cohen; which holds the dubious honor of being the best "Killer Baby" movie ever made.

    The Escapist : Latest News 2009

  • It’s not like zero — like you get less and less happy until you get to the non-existence level, and then if you keep going you get to more and more suffering, so non-existence ends up being just like feeling sort of mezzo-mezzo.

    In Search of Fetal Metaphors 2005

  • First reactions: James Morris is a little inconsistent as Wotan, and the Brunnhilde, Gabriele Schnaut was a mezzo-mezzo soprano, but Placido Domingo belted out a truly impressive Siegmund — I was going to say “for a man his age,” but really, for a man anyone’s age.

    Operapalooza: Part One 2004

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