Later Muhammad would call it layla al-qadr (the "Night of Destiny") because it had made him the messenger of Allah, the high god of Arabia.

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When they were visited from the Most High God with the death of their 16-year-old son, they did not humble themselves before His mighty hand.

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But the papacy is, more even than most other high offices, what God and the man make of it.

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He said the problem was a lack of competition, which meant that many state-owned airports in Europe "still think they have a God-given right to charge" high prices for airlines to use their facilities.

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Neither of them got through high school, but I learned from them to appreciate all of God's gifts.

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During the ceremony, four young men climb a wooden pole eighteen to forty metres high, freshly cut from the forest with the forgiveness of the mountain god.

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Babs was what Diana, God help us, might be thirty years hence high-heeled, ceramicized, liposucted, devaricosed, her golden fall of hair as shiny and hard as peanut brittle.

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That is our duty, to build that bright future, to teach our children that, in America, there is no chasm too deep, no barrier too great, no ceiling too high for all who work hard, who keep going, have faith in God, in our country, and each other.

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Ms. Stone again showcases her powerhouse vocals on the Chi-Lites soul anthem "(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People, " Broken Bells' "The High Road" and Don Cherry's "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" all tracks that wouldn't have sounded out of place on her debut.

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