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Balaklava, Balaclava a small port in Ukraine, in S Crimea: scene of an inconclusive battle (1854), which included the charge of the Light Brigade, during the Crimean War Balaclava fought between Russians and British during Crimean War (1854). [Russ. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 25–26] See : Battle How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Humorous photos tell the story here: students walking in the dark to school, every inch of their bodies covered with mittens, boots, parkas, balaclavas, and snow pants; children sledding down the mountain of snow on the playground that grows each time the parking lot snow is cleared. In Again, Again, 2000, Xhafa developed a piece he had shown earlier in Albania, calling on an entire orchestra (in this case, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders) to play passages of classical music while wearing balaclavas, the knit ski masks that designate freedom fighters (or terrorist bands? ``Fox, don't promise here what you haven't delivered there,'' read a banner as big as a school bus flanked by dozens of Chiapas Indian sympathizers demonstrating behind black bandannas and balaclavas. |
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