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Yet everywhere else sameness was stucco and wood in square blocks -- like fortresses perched against the slant of the hill, rising with the hill to the top where the church was and beyond that to the cemetery.
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Yet his accounts were still obscure, for he also wrote, " I pass over the cutting of the wood "-opting not to describe it, since he considered it as a most sacred ritual ( Ibid.
Yet another possible explanation is that the wood originated in and was harvested from the forests of northern Croatia.
Yet another explanation is that snapping the strings against the wood of the instrument supplies a crisp, intense sound which can supply the foundation of a dance band.
Yet another explanation is the characteristics of the wood from a time before laminating techniques.
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