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kalian

(kælˈjɑːn)

(Recreational Drugs) another name for hookah

[C19: from Persian, from Arabic qalyān]

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kalian - an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water; "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola"

calean, chicha, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, water pipe

pipe, tobacco pipe - a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco

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If the Sarians had remained loyal, so too would the Amozites be loyal still, and the Kalians, and the Suvians, and all the great tribes who had formed the federation that was to eman-cipate the human race of Pellucidar.

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"Siguro yung PT na lang namin o yung doctor na lang namin sa team, siya na lang siguro makakalaro at the same time yung bata rin makakasagot kung kalian siya makakalaro kung kaya niya or pwede na siya," he adds.

PBA: NorthPort player injuries piling up

"Hindi alam ni misis saka 'yung anak ko kung kalian babyahe dito, alas diyes pala today.

Dela Rosa: Nothing wrong with posing for photo with top Defense, police officials

Police said on Saturday that police constable Mohammad Arif along with his brother Mohammad Asad was riding a motorcycle at Stadium road Shahpur when unidentified motorcyclists opened fire at them near Kalian Morh.

Police cop shot, got injured

adopted by criminal law is what Dan Kalian and Martha Nussbaum call the

MOTUS ANIMI IN MENTE INSANA: AN EMOTION-ORIENTED PARADIGM OF LEGAL INSANITY INFORMED BY THE NEUROSCIENCE OF MORAL JUDGMENTS AND DECISION-MAKING

The dispensaries run by doctors include those in Sirajia Park, Banni, Akalgarh, Millat Colony, Chaklala, Dhala, Ghora Gali, Mandra, Dhama Syedan and Kalian.

Health department only has 12 doctors for Rawalpindi's 78 dispensaries

Kami mencintai kalian dan sampai jumpa (We love you, and see you)!'

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He blamed the officer of being involved in large scale excavation of earth from 12 acres of ETPB land at Mat Kalian and reportedly made a lot of money and instead of saving ET properties they were selling their possession illegally.

ETPB administrator booked for rape

But the definitive compilation is surely Richard Kalian's Armed Gunmen, True Facts, and Other Ridiculous Nonsense.

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[7.] Durbin, D.R., Jermakian, J.S., Kalian, M.J., McCartt, A.T., Arbogast K.B., Zonfrillo, M.R., Myers, R.K., "Rear seat safety: Variation in protection by occupant, crash and vehicle characteristics," Accident Analysis and Prevention, Apr 80: 185-192, 2015

An Assessment of Inflatable Seatbelt Interaction and Compatibility with Rear-Facing-Only Child Restraint Systems

Kalian, 2008, "Director Elections and the Influence of Proxy Advisors," Southern California Law Review 82, 8-18.