10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GALA OCCASION»
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gala occasion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
But the reason this scene is so powerful is because the reader witnesses it
through Scout's eyes, with a child's sense of anticipation and eagerness of this “
gala occasion,” even though to an adult with a sense of moral decency it is quite
...
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World Dictionary of Foreign Expressions: A Resource for ...
Done with ceremony and pomp. a) It was a gala occasion and everybody wore
suitably gala clothes. b. ) He plans to . . . add glamour to the Rue Royale
restaurant by staging gala evenings (Newsweek Int. May 18, 1981:39). Gallia est
omnis ...
Gabriel Adeleye, Kofi Acquah-Dadzie, Thomas J. Sienkewicz, 1999
GALA A gala occasion is a festive, spectacular, celebratory occasion. Gala is a
direct borrowing from the Italian gala, meaning holiday dress, festive clothes. It
may come from the Arabic khil'a, "a presentation garment". Or it may come from
the ...
Throughout the year the International House plans and gives all kinds of parties
and festivals in which various national groups take responsibility, but the most
interesting and gala occasion is Halloween, in October. Clad in their native ...
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Princeton Alumni Weekly
J 1\IAi~zv' INTERESTING EVENTS ARE semanULED for the week-eiid of May
15th, which will be Princeton's first gala occasion of the spring. The Graduate
Council will hold its semi-annual meeting on the evening of the 14th, and on
Saturday ...
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Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
gala noun the annual summer gala: fête, fair, festival, carnival, pageant, jubilee,
jamboree, party, garden party, after-party, celebration; festivities. adjective a gala
occasion: festive, celebratory, merry, joyous, joyful; diverting, entertaining, ...
The journey itself was a gala occasion so that market excursions were often
enjoyable holidays for us all and looked forward to with eager anticipation by
many. My sisters, as they grew older, entered into these excursions with great ...
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The New York Philharmonic: From Bernstein to Maazel
Critics (Tommasini included) suspected, however, that the Philharmonic's board
did not want to dampen spirits on a gala occasion, which included a formal
dinner following the concert. Tommasini was also critical of Maazel's choice of
the ...
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Yiddish in the Cold War
... in Izvestiia, the central organ of the Soviet Supreme Soviet. The next day, the
main event took place in the Moscow Hall of Trade Unions. Surkov, Polevoy,
azhaev, Vsevolod Ivanov and a few other literary lions took part in the gala
occasion ...
Gennadiĭ Ėstraĭkh, Modern Humanities Research Association, 2008
It was an unbelievable sight to us and probably for the rest of the colony, to see
Samual and the Irish doctor, for this gala occasion, call a truce. They wandered
off arm in arm, jibing at each other, towards the tables set with food . . . And, as if
to ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GALA OCCASION»
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Hardin Lions installed for 2015-2016
Hardin Lions Club had a gala occasion at their regular scheduled meeting on June 9, 2015. The club presented checks to its 2015 scholarship ... «Liberty Vindicator, Jul 15»
Speaker has yet to see all contracts for the new Parliament as works …
Personally I don't feel that Parliament should be a gala occasion. One should feel free to attend, smartly dressed, utilising a dress code fitting to ... «Malta Independent Online, Jul 15»
American Pharoah Ready for Saturday Evening Gala
It will be a gala occasion. The only thing missing will be Bert Parks singing, “Oh, there he goes, Mr. American . . . Pharoah.” Owned and bred by ... «Horse Racing Nation, Jun 15»
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2015
The final of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World is a grand gala occasion, with many of the world's opera professionals in attendance, and the ... «Classical Music, Jun 15»
Gala occasion for Moodiesburn
6-06-2015 Picture Jamie Forbes. Moodiesburn Gala Day. L/R Kenzie Martin 11, Niamh Whelehan 11, Carmen Milne 12 - St Michael's PS pupils ... «Kirkintilloch Herald, Jun 15»
Santa Anita, Del Mar pulling for American Pharoah
... Crown hopeful doesn't need any ancillary come-ons, but Newby promises there will be parties at every level to make it a more gala occasion. «GamingTodaySlotsToday, Jun 15»
Roscommon negotiate first hurdle easily in London
They can be very proud of their game. “On our own side certainly coming over here it is more or less a Gala occasion more than anything else. «Irish Times, May 15»
Review: Violinist Maxim Vengerov at the National Concert Hall
The 150th anniversary of the Great Exhibition of 1865 proves a gala occasion at the National Concert Hall with the return of celebrity Russian ... «Irish Independent, May 15»
Many happy returns
... ago, Elizabeth II has had two birthday celebrations every year – one actual in April, and the other an official gala occasion a few months later. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Apr 15»
Gallery Roundup
Tickets, priced at £14 for two people, are still on sale for this gala occasion, which will also feature live music. According to organisers, this is an ... «Herald Scotland, Apr 15»
