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  • Were he to measure it and be honest, he is less lonesome now than when his heartless Chella was alive, although he'd never say that to the kids.

    An Observant Man Gita M. Smith 2011

  • Acidolophilus is available - try Chella or ask Allison at Victoriana.

    Looking for L-tryptophan, other stuff 2004

  • Camille Paglia is interviewed at bookslut, discussing her new book Break, Blow, Burn. …but turns out, the correct nomenclature is “Co Fucking Chella”.

    Black Market Kidneys » Can You Blame Him? 2005

  • Camille Paglia is interviewed at bookslut, discussing her new book Break, Blow, Burn. …but turns out, the correct nomenclature is “Co Fucking Chella”.

    Black Market Kidneys » Retro Activity 2005

  • Camille Paglia is interviewed at bookslut, discussing her new book Break, Blow, Burn. …but turns out, the correct nomenclature is “Co Fucking Chella”.

    Black Market Kidneys » Gass, Eco, Saramago, Oh My! 2005

  • A teacher by profession and radio announcer, Chella is a former disk jockey with the state-run Zambia National Broadcasting corporation.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • The ruins of Chella belong to the purest period of Moroccan art.

    In Morocco Edith Wharton 1899

  • The Mosque, the Tower, the citadel of the Oudayas, and the mighty walls and towers of Chella, compose an architectural group as noble and complete as that of some mediaeval Tuscan city.

    In Morocco Edith Wharton 1899

  • Fez possesses one old secular building, a fine fondak of the fifteenth century, but in Morocco, as a rule, only mosques and the tombs of saints are preserved -- none too carefully -- and even the strong stone buildings of the Almohads have been allowed to fall to ruin, as at Chella and

    In Morocco Edith Wharton 1899

  • Chella its peculiar charm: the aged fig-tree clamped in uptorn tiles and thrusting gouty arms between the arches; the garlanding of vines flung from column to column; the secret pool to which childless women are brought to bathe, and where the tree springing from a cleft of the steps is always hung with the bright bits of stuff which are the votive offerings of Africa.

    In Morocco Edith Wharton 1899

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  • Short for Coachella.

    http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7760469/coachella-2017-day-2-recap

    9:02 p.m. "Chella, how you doing? We've missed you. We do not have the words to say how happy we are to be here," Oliver Sim of The XX first addresses the crowd after a few songs. During the hour-long set, the English band kept mostly to the tunes, adding simple, yet sincere commentary like Romy Croft's admitting that she was "a bit nervous." Yet, one of the most stand-out parts of their show was when Croft took the mic for a solo performance of, fittingly, "Performance." — Taylor Weatherby

    April 16, 2017