With Gates visiting on business, government officials hoped that the Cybergod himself would bestow his blessings on the initiative.
And I pray his richest blessings on each of you in the days ahead.
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Muslims use the term "peace be upon them" to ask for blessings on deceased holy men.
Can we not even sit still for a few hours with close friends and family and count our blessings on Thanksgiving day?
So I hope he is counting his blessings on it could been a lot worse than a car repair bill and embarrassment.
South Sudan will tread a path already navigated in recent years by East Timor, Eritrea, Slovakia, and the ex-Yugoslav and ex-Soviet republics that had big-country blessings on their birth.
And so, last week, there were picketers outside and raw emotions inside at hearings on rules that would end a moratorium the U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed in 1999 on giving its blessings to cash-balance conversions.
May Allah the Omnipotent show us the right path to lead our lives in this world and the world hereafter and bestow his mercies and blessings on all the prophets of all holy books -- Prophet Moses, Prophet Jesus, Prophet Abrahim, Prophet David, Prophet Jacob and all.
At this uncertain hour we need to pour on the gratitude for our blessings.
The Pope's tweets are also expected to highlight messages from his weekly general audience, Sunday blessings and homilies on key Church holidays as well as papal reaction to world events.
We wish you blessings of a good heart on this commencement of the United Nations High-Level Event to discuss internationally agreed development goals.
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Saying blessings before my meals has taken on a new meaning as I give thanks and pray that some nourishment will be retained as my food speeds through my system.
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On Facebook, a flood of fans offered their blessings and good wishes.
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On March 14th, for example, Presbyterian clergy agreed to allow blessings of gay couples at marriage-like ceremonies, and last year the Central Conference of American Rabbis voted to let rabbis officiate at such occasions too.
So on this second night of Hanukkah, let us give thanks to the blessings that all of us enjoy.
They also throw a pre-Derby party around the race to help out a charity called Blessings in a Backpack, a program that feeds elementary school children on the weekend across 32 states and three countries.
Likewise, expendable-resource-rich countries, such as the oil-producing nations, might want to build up reserves (and establish sovereign wealth funds) to share their blessings with future generations who may no longer be able to depend on that resource.
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Again, while the company has the blessings of Adidas, we're not going to see this on the market as such, though the Google spokesperson we talked to told us the company may be looking to open-source the information, so you can just make your own.
On Thanksgiving Day, Americans everywhere gather with family and friends to recount the joys and blessings of the past year.
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What I did not realize was that on that day most Hindus were asking God to bless the implements they worked with: farmers wanted blessings for their bulls and plows, and traders for their weights, measures, and coins.
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