roundelay


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roundelay

1. a slow medieval dance performed in a circle
2. a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as a refrain
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A roundelay as to who will go out for pastry, given no two of them are willing to leave the others alone together, is a gem of elegant stagecraft.
Poor Behavior
See Acuna, supra note 27, at 3 86-421; Delgado, Roundelay, supra note 1, at 57-59 (describing the role of minority brokers, who use cultural information to help elite whites in corporate suites or government exercise control and sell products, like cigarettes and liquor, that harm their countrymen and women).
Rodrigo's portent: California and the coming neocolonial order
The "great unrecorded history" in the title of Wendy Moffat's biography is the roundelay of sexual approaches, evasions, couplings, swappings, and uncouplings shared over the years by Morgan and his circle of homosexual (queer but not yet officially gay) friends, lovers, acquaintances, and confidantes.
Morgan's end
Before ontology, dialectic, and the doctrine of categories could spread out like they owned the place, the fundamental principles were established for the utterability of all phenomena; the roundelay of names and things was setin motion.
The Thinker's Voice
Donovan gave an impressive performance, particularly in Roundelay, although, sadly, intonation in the upper strings once again marred the performance.
Strictly dancing strikes a sadder chord; Review Welsh Sinfonia Cardiff University Concert Hall
By then he'd drunk himself out of his teaching position and into a roundelay of jobs--security guard, janitor--that never lasted long enough to make an impression: on himself, on anyone else.
Aurora
That roundelay may have finally come to a halt as deal-making last year slowed to a trickle, with just a handful of major announcements, each engendered by a company-specific necessity.
Filling a hole: commercial mortgage banking has witnessed a frenzy of consolidation and acquisition activity over the past few years. Some big players are still looking to plug holes in product offerings or geographic reach. Then there is the matter of exit strategies for aging boomer owners
Saatchi, sporting his collector's hat, sponsored the exhibition, with a financial contribution from Christie's, an active participant in the contemporary art roundelay.
Too much money: Richard L. Feigen, one of America's most celebrated art dealers, argues that the extraordinary amount of money that has flooded into parts of the art market in the past 20 years is responsible for some pernicious developments, from the commercialisation of America's museums to the slow death of the market itself
Bowker, 1977), 325, as available from the composer; a version for smaller orchestra was also listed as available under the title Roundelay.
Jerome Moross: an introduction and annotated worklist
Readers and filmgoers will be forgiven if all this sounds like a "who's the barbarian" roundelay.
The King and Thai: a contested history gets the royal treatment
Neither Si'r's feelings for Ming, nor the complex roundelay of jealousy between Sly, Deuce, and Jade conform neatly to the romantic cliches of pop songs.
Music and modernity in A Brighter Summer Day

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