The notorious Welsh pirate, Black Bart, promised a pension of 800 pieces of eight- that's silver- to any of his crew who lost a limb or were disabled in battle.

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The regulation of clinical trials alone has seen 18 new pieces of national legislation and eight European directives since 1995.

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But these turn out to be not much more than cannonballs mainly, a few badly eroded pieces of eight and an early 19th-century American half-dime.

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It points to pieces of eight for the Irish on Saturday.

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Of the eight pieces on these two programs, only one is by Balanchine: "Variations pour une Porte et un Soupir, " an experimental duet that is possibly the most un-Balanchine work in the entire repertory.

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Some of my pieces written as many as eight months ago are my top performers even today.

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Luxury jewelry designers, many who specialize in one-of-a-kind pieces, will be participating from more than eight countries, including Italy, Spain, Philippines, Lebanon, Australia, Brazil, Germany and the U.S. The show is expected to attract the same type of collectors who attend Art Basel and are interested in rare pieces of wearable art.

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