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  • Il a également remporté les primaires de Louisiane avec 54 % des suffrages contre 38% pour sa rivale Hillary Clinton. 78 délégués étaient en jeu dans l'Etat de Washington, 56 en Louisiane et 24 dans le Nebraska.

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  • M.rivale, who concludes with the reign of M. Antoninus his "History of the Romans under the Empire," adds his testimony to that of the cloud of witnesses who have trumpeted the great _Imperator's_ praise.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Various

  • Some specimens of _Geum rivale_ (a plant very liable to become prolified) in my possession show this very clearly.

    Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters

  • THÈBES, ancienne capitale de la Boétie; rivale de Sparte.

    French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann

  • He wished, however, that Sardinia should figure, if not to her advantage, at any rate with dignity and decorum, and he turned, as he was wont to do when he wanted a “perfect knight,” to the rivale, Massimo d'Azeglio.

    Cavour Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn 1898

  • "Que Lady Jersey est donc belle!" s'exclamait un admirateur fervent, devant Lady Morley, sa rivale en beauté.

    Collections and Recollections George William Erskine Russell 1886

  • Il lui faudra pourtant bien du temps pour guérir les maux de tout genre, causés par son indigne rivale; et pendant de longues années encore, ce nom de philosophie, le plus grand de la langue humaine après celui de religion, sera suspect aux âmes qui se souviendront de la science impie et materialiste de Locke, de

    Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall 1856

  • [2: 50] 17 Tuo drudo e mio rivale [3: 12] 18 Non ti basto, consorte [0: 44] 19 Io t'abbraccio [6: 50]

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  • Après un long et périlleux voyage via l'Afghanistan, ces derniers pénètrent dans une contrée sauvage, le Kafristan, où des villageois sont en guerre contre une ville rivale.

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  • Per quanti meriti si debbano riconoscere al nostro Salgari, il padre di Sandokan non aveva un gran senso dell'umorismo come del resto i suoi personaggi, tranne Yanez, mentre i romanzi di Verne sono pieni di humour, basti ricordare quelle pagine splendide del 'Michele Strogoff' dove, dopo la battaglia di Kolyvan, il corrispondente del 'Daily Telegraph', Harry Blount, per impedire al suo rivale Alcide Jolivet di trasmettere la sua corrispondenza a Parigi, tiene occupato l'ufficio telegrafico dettando versetti della Bibbia per l'ammontare di qualche migliaio di rubli; sino a che Jolivet riesce a rubargli la posizione allo sportello telegrafico e lo blocca trasmettendo canzoncine di Beranger.

    Master of the World 2005

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