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  • The Messiaen had stellar performances from Lorin Levee, clarinet; Camille Avellano, violin; Barry Gold, cello; and visiting Cal Arts pianist extraodinaire Vicki Ray.

    Masterpiece Theater 2007

  • The Messiaen had stellar performances from Lorin Levee, clarinet; Camille Avellano, violin; Barry Gold, cello; and visiting Cal Arts pianist extraodinaire Vicki Ray.

    Archive 2007-01-01 2007

  • The latest issue of The New Orleans Levee is saturated with hilarity.

    Archive 2007-09-01 2007

  • The R-street Levee is a total wreck for its entire length, there being in many places no semblance of it left, and the east Levee is not in much better condition.

    The Recent Floods in Sacramento Valley, California 1862

  • Orleans, and one hundred miles above the town, the land is defended from the encroachments of the river by a high embankment which is called the Levee; without which the dwellings would speedily disappear, as the river is evidently higher than the banks would be without it.

    Domestic Manners of the Americans 1832

  • Viewed at an early hour, the large market-place on the Levee is a lounge of a most amusing kind, exhibiting at one glance a more striking picture of the variety of people to be found here than might be attained in any other place.

    Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II. Tyrone Power 1818

  • Junks, alias Levee, laid his pistol down by the gentleman all the while he searched him, yet he wanted either the courage or the presence of mind to seize and prevent their losing things of so great value.

    Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed Hayward, A L 1735

  • When I was raising my family, there was a kid down the road who's name was pronounced "Levee".

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • "Levee" bounces around the country and interviews a lot of displaced "Orleanders" and their plight.

    When The Levees Broke - an HBO Special 2006

  • Continuing the theme of "Levee" and "Thunder on the Mountain", this song is about retaining firm in footing and staying true to oneself and to one's God, no matter how dark it gets.

    Modern Times 2006

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