At the beginning of the bullfight, or corrida, the torero sizes up the bull while performing certain ritualized motions with his cape. |
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Soon after, someone asked him to write a nonfiction account of the corrida de toros, or traditional Spanish bullfight. |
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They host special invitees who sit cheek-by-jowl with the president of the bullfight, usually an important town official. |
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A bullfight now is sheer spectacle and, with six bulls dying in less than two hours, a desperately cruel one at that. |
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Each bullfight comprises six bulls and three matadors, each of whom fights two bulls. |
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The crowd loved this display of clowning bravery and the modern bullfight was born. |
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In Greece for example, killing the minotaur is symbolic of a bullfight. |
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Each representative is obliged to provide a band, abundant supplies of maize beer and alcohol, food, two bulls for the bullfight, and prizes for the best toreros. |
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If you need to go to a bullfight to seal a deal, you're probably going to go to that bullfight, even if you don't approve of it. |
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Having said that, I am repulsed by the spectacle of the bullfight as it is currently practised in Portugal and in other EU Member States. |
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I wanted it to be an exercise in style with a song like Matador, where I describe male-female relationships as if they were a bullfight. |
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The day before our Fire Conference in Spain was set to begin, there was a bullfight scheduled in the arena where are meetings were to be held. |
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The bullfight is much nobler than hunting, where at the end of the day the animal dies without being able to defend itself. |
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I voted this way because the fighting bull must not be allowed to die out, and its existence is safeguarded by the institution of the bullfight. |
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The president of the bullfight signals for the first bull to be released whereupon the fanfare of trumpets from the brass band also ends the paso doble. |
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She saw her first bullfight at seven while on a family vacation in Mexico, and fell in love with the sport. |
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Across the stadium in the northeast corner, the mass of red-colored fans of Bnei Sakhnin was like a flag at a bullfight. |
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No campaign can afford a multitude of competing strategies, or row upon row of bullfight critics publicly questioning every move. |
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The tour guide tells us the rules of the bullfight, about famous bullfighters, and a story of a cow that sought revenge for her slain bull-son, only to be killed herself. |
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Meat is also on the menu, including lamb presented on dramatic vertical skewers reminiscent of bullfight banderillas. |
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The most anticipated event during these days is the bullfighting festival, as it is the only occasion during the entire year that the village can witness a bullfight. |
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Tony has only been in one bullfight his whole life. |
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None of the rodeo events is a bullfight or approximation thereof. |
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Barcelona's El Monumental bullring will host its final bullfight on Sunday in front of 20,000 spectators. |
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The first case brought by Conartel against Teleamazonas, for broadcasting a bullfight at a peak viewing time, resulted in the imposition of a modest fine of 20 dollars in April. |
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Only after the German participated in a local bullfight after dinner was the Mexican willing to discuss business. |
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On the opposite wall, she shows sweating Portuguese toureiros in ripped brocade jackets after a bullfight, before they have had time to wash the blood off their faces. |
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The animal must be transported in sealed vehicles and conveyed directly from the bullfight arena or connected premises to the holding in Portugal from which they were originally dispatched. |
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This does not mean that the spectacle of the bullfight and the tradition associated with it should not evolve and adapt to the moral values of the time. |
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By this the whole matter had presented itself to them as an entertainment more diverting than bullfight or bearbaiting. |
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Animal rights activists have united in opposition to the bullfight and have already staged several protests. |
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The night before our event a bullfight took place just in that very arena in Madrid, Spain, where shortly after our Great Gospel Campaign would take place. |
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In its response to the complainant, CFTO-TV indicated that the sports commentator had in no way implied that Polish spectators had no brains. the reference to Poland was simply to indicate the location of the bullfight. |
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So, their stay in Madrid was prolonged and, as things quietened down, they went to a bullfight in the old bullring. |
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On Wednesday afternoons, take in a bullfight, if you are so inclined. |
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