But that approach never works, and has no prayer of ever working.

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There is no call to prayer, because there is no electricity for the microphones.

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In Damascus, the traditions of Ramadan are as old as the Koran, Islam's holy book: a month of introspection and prayer, no food or water from sunup to sundown.

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Healy, author of books such as Let Them Eat Prozac and Pharmageddon, offers a methodology for testing prayer that is no less intriguing for its firmly tongue-in-cheek underpinnings.

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"We had no back up - every day was a wish and a prayer that he survived the sixty trials, " she added.

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My prayer is that she protects the home and guards her things, as no one took care of her belongings like she did.

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The retired nurse, who identifies as a Republican, says she regrets not speaking up about other issues like abortion and prayer in schools, but when it comes to health care, she says she has no choice.

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But no citizen need tremble, nor the world shudder, if a child stands in a classroom and breathes a prayer.

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