"Mostly dead is still alive, " to quote the great sage, Miracle Max, in the movie Princess Bride.

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Then, for the next 90 minutes, the youngsters recite the teachings of the Great Sage, along with Buddhist sutras and Tang dynasty poetry.

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With his Caledonian baritone, he played the great sage on economics.

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Set in Rudolf's Prague, this weaves dark and magical tales around the emperor's relations with Rabbi Loew, the great sage of the city's Jewish community, and Mordechai Meisl, the banker, it is said, who kept Rudolf's treasury afloat and who told only his dog where he had buried his gold.

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Prize4Life is a great initiative as is Sage Commons.

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The Sage of Omaha is a great man, but he does not walk on water.

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These days the simple life is perhaps priciest in Great Britain, where, unlike the sage actor, most owners of stately homes made their money the old-fashioned way: They inherited it.

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Sure, you can invest significant amounts in great products from Salesforce.com, Microsoft, Sugar CRM, or Sage.

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