It might have been some young people studying, about to go into the monastery, and I think from the text one could definitely get that sense, because so much of the text deals with the things that they are about to give up - you know, lust and drinking and all the really incredibly good things in life that they're about to give up.

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So beer drinking was one of the things that reminded the Sumerians that they were different from the people of the past who hadn't had any of the trappings of modern life.

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Y. are urged to share the good things they have experienced after drinking XanGo, a tart, pulpy beverage made from the southeast Asian mangosteen fruit.

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"It literally takes a whole day away from your life, where you could be doing normal things and instead you are drinking this bowel prep that is uncomfortable and that limits your social life, " Kalloo said.

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So that person was really right for the most part when he or she said those things about the soda they were all drinking but at least had stolen.

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Given how gloomy things have been in the past few years, holiday drinking has veered into dangerous territory, says Harris Stratyner, Ph.

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"Let us say upfront that Jason has never had a substance abuse or drinking problem, and this episode wasn't caused by either of those things, " the Russell family statement said.

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If you are anywhere near the East Coast, I hope by now you are in a safe place and have a good stock of drinking water and flashlights and batteries and whatever else people who know about such things advise you to have.

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Instagram has turned my iPhone into a window into all things Sandy with live views of flooding roads, to dangling cranes and drinking friends.

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"A lot of students do things that would absolutely appall their parents, " one girl said, including drinking and smoking.

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That includes bridges and roads, drinking water and wastewater pipelines, levees, power lines, solid waste systems, and a host of other things.

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