While the week's earlier events commemorated Jesus' death, Easter mass commemorates what Catholics believe was his resurrection from death.

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Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, the most solemn season on the church's liturgical calendar that ends with Holy Week, when the faithful commemorate the death of Christ and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.

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It is improbable, first, in that his campaign got off to such a terrible start that his resurrection at this late stage, just in time for the Iowa caucuses in January, is a minor psephological miracle.

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In recent months, Berlusconi has been plotting his political resurrection, agreeing to an electoral pact with the rightwing Northern League.

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Lambeth Council leader Steve Reed won the party's backing for this prized Labour citadel, defeating Val Shawcross, a former leader of the local Croydon Council, currently a member of the London Assembly and deputy to Ken Livingstone during his failed resurrection bid this year.

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On empty pages, he wrote of Adam, an ark, locusts, loaves, fishes and the resurrection in his neat, looping cursive.

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And tomorrow, my family will join Christians around the world as we thank God for the all-important gift of grace through the resurrection of His son, and experience the wonder of Easter morning.

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Herrmann was discouraged by the obscurity of his concert music compared to his film scores, and this underperformed Quintet, a final resurrection of the lost Madeleine (his somber string quartet "Echoes" had resuscitated her two years earlier), indicates he had every reason to be.

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Those inside the cabinet who resent Lord Mandelson's resurrection and disagree with his pro-business views have taken note, and most will think at least twice before tangling with him.

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