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Australian work rules say an employee can't be exposed to sounds that average more than 85 decibels a day.


Australian Australian

pertaining to or originating in Australia.


Australian bat lyssavirus disease
see Australian bat lyssavirus disease.

Australian cattle dog
a medium-sized, compact working dog used for control of cattle.
 work rules say an employee can't be exposed to sounds that average more than 85 decibels a day. That's causing major headaches for orchestras. A performance of Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty

sleeps for 100 years. [Fr. Fairy Tale, The Sleeping Beauty]

See : Enchantment


Sleeping Beauty

enchanted heroine awakened from century of slumber by prince’s kiss.
 by the Australian Ballet Australian Ballet, national ballet company of Australia, founded in Melbourne in 1962; its school was established in 1964. The company drew on the tradition established (1940) by Edouard Borovansky of the Ballets Russes (see Diaghilev, S. P.).  required four separate sections of horns, strings, and so on that worked in relays, adding $100,000 to the cost of the performance. Performers say it affected the ballet as well, since dancers respond to changes in the orchestral performance.
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Date:May 1, 2006
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