In all that time, from McGovern (who I still admire greatly) to Clinton, through Mondale and Carter, through Dukakis and Gore, I have waited and waited, hoped and prayed, for just one Democrat somewhere to display a spine.

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That was why I had prayed to the shooting stars to let me have a new doll.

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Before beginning mass, the Pope prayed in the grotto where Gabriel is said to have told Mary she was carrying the baby Jesus.

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"Every day during these past seven months, we have hoped and prayed for this moment, " said the statement, which was provided to CNN by The New York Times .

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Without even realizing it, I prayed to God after a long time (even though for many years I have been considering myself an atheist).

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U.S. investigators have been trying to determine whether Tamerlan Tsarnaev was radicalized during his stay in the Caucasus, where he regularly prayed at a Makhachkala mosque.

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"This is something that people have across the world worked for and prayed for and I think we are all very pleased and happy to hear of her release, " Rice said.

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