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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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Discord occasions a momentary distress to the ear, which remains unsatisfied, and even uneasy, until it hears something better.

Discord occasions a momentary distress to the ear, which remains unsatisfied, and even uneasy, until it hears something better.

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My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed.

My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed.

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Suddenly it looks like the policy is not tough diplomacy, but the path to war.

Suddenly it looks like the policy is not tough diplomacy, but the path to war.

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We'll take donations of any amount.

We'll take donations of any amount.

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It's a large part of my life, but its kind of hard to have it be a large part of read more

It's a large part of my life, but its kind of hard to have it be a large part of my life, because you get made fun of a lot, I'm looking to enrich my faith.

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I had a long time in the hot seat (race lead), and I did kind of hope to hold on. read more

I had a long time in the hot seat (race lead), and I did kind of hope to hold on. But I'm just happy to be up here with Joane and Karin. I look up to both of them.

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There are some complicated rhythms. I've had to slowly work through it and subdivide the music and do it over read more

There are some complicated rhythms. I've had to slowly work through it and subdivide the music and do it over and over to make sure that when I get it up to tempo it actually sounds right.

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This material is relevant to debates we as Americans are having about the war in Iraq and intelligence reform, ... read more

This material is relevant to debates we as Americans are having about the war in Iraq and intelligence reform, ... To keep it classified simply because it might embarrass the agency is wrong.

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Most water conservation measures can save our customers money both in the short and long runs.

Most water conservation measures can save our customers money both in the short and long runs.

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