Chiselled into the hills south of Qalqiliya, it is home to 250 Palestinians.

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Between the settlements lie twining pathways and almost surreally-terraced cliffs, a painstakingly chiselled landscape of gardens, vineyards and fields.

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Unusually, a little more literary criticism would have augmented the picture, especially some appraisal of Stevenson's chiselled, graceful style.

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The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, the Quakers and Moravians Act 1833, the Parliamentary Oaths Act 1866 and the Promissory Oaths Act 1868 have progressively chiselled away the direct religious content of the oath.

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