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    The superstition was that disability of any sort was the mark of the devil. The phrases are in languages throughout Europe: the devil's hoof, the devil's horn mark. It reaches back to early Christianity and the middle ages. Where a child was born out of wedlock, the church cooked up the impression that you'd done something sinful, and something dreadful would result. You will still find, particularly in Greece, people doing a little sign when they see a very badly disabled child – it needs warding off.

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Just because I am a nice guy, it doesn't mean I am not sexy,

Just because I am a nice guy, it doesn't mean I am not sexy,

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I'm going to play man-to-man, I think. If we play zone, she'll have 50 (points).

I'm going to play man-to-man, I think. If we play zone, she'll have 50 (points).

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They are trying to make Omri Sharon into a demon of the political system. What you see here is a read more

They are trying to make Omri Sharon into a demon of the political system. What you see here is a catalog of the avarice of central committee members.

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That's the coldest way to go out, right there,

That's the coldest way to go out, right there,

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I'd say we put a good run in the first half and a good run in the second half. We read more

I'd say we put a good run in the first half and a good run in the second half. We didn't really play 40 minutes of basketball. The key (to playing a transition game) was the defensive intensity.

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This confirms what we have long suspected that the government is involved in putting together a deal to sell out read more

This confirms what we have long suspected that the government is involved in putting together a deal to sell out British sovereignty and try and bounce the people of Gibraltar into accepting such a deal.

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Matthew is a leader and he showed that on Sunday when he just said to the boys to have a read more

Matthew is a leader and he showed that on Sunday when he just said to the boys to have a positive frame of mind. He also said that the group had done the hard work and, while we'll miss him, his words were inspirational.

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We don't think about it too much. We prepare hard every week.

We don't think about it too much. We prepare hard every week.

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In the 1990s we had difficulty getting kids home from school, ... It's a precaution because we don't want little read more

In the 1990s we had difficulty getting kids home from school, ... It's a precaution because we don't want little kids out in that kind of weather.

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