Suddenly, there was an opening in "Le Comte Ory, " which at the Met packs some star power.

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" Since 2006, Mr. Sher has directed four Met productions: "Il Barbiere di Siviglia, " "Les Contes d'Hoffmann, " "Le Comte Ory" and "L'Elisir d'Amore.

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It's no wonder Google plucked many of iHub's members, like Ory Okolloh of the crisis-mapping site Ushahidi, to join their African ranks.

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Knepper is a crucial voice on "Mingus Ah Um, " mixing gut-bucket swoops worthy of Kid Ory with dextrous Charlie Parkerisms translated to the trombone.

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Several hundred miles away in Johannesburg, South Africa, Ory Okolloh was receiving reports from the scene verified by an NGO, and uploading them onto a public Web site.

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Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (CNN) -- Kenyan blogger Ory Okolloh has lit a fire under the African blogosphere with her posts about politics, human rights and other controversial issues.

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