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On the Ivories, he was capable of many different styles, from dynamic bebop to a quiet but insistent swing.
George Shearing dies; pianist, composer was 91 Adam Bernstein 2011
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Zapping the Ivories 2009
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Save the Watts Towers, tear down the Ivories (my new mantra) # posted by Donald Frazell: 8: 33 AM
Art News Blog Plans 2010
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Hell, while Stevie's been honing his touring act, Ivory & Ivories, and between rehearsals with his band The Gala Gang, he's been fighting tooth and nail to prevent the repatriation of an actual Canadian from America's famous, tropical destination.
Can/American Diplomacy: Clean Up In Aisle Three Lindsay Stewart 2009
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"Medieval Ivories from the Thomson Collection" displays 45 secular and religious ivory carvings from a noted private collection, ranging from large statuettes to small carved writing tablets, boxes and combs.
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The most striking crucifixion here is from the "Maskell Ivories" (named for the 19th-century British scholar whose collection now resides at the British Museum).
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"Medieval Ivories from the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt" includes examples of ivory carvings from the Cologne collection of Baron von Hüpsch — works that provide an insight into the development of the genre throughout the Middle Ages.
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Ivories from Begram, capital of the Kushan Empire in the first century A.D., are among the museum's prize possessions now for sale on the international art market.
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In Mr. Alfred Maskell's incomparable book on Ivories, he translates
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
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In '63 she entered Marshall High School, then home to teen vocal groups like the Versalettes, the Constellations, the Ivories, the Kittens
Chicago Reader 2010
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