• They came to be known as sufis by reference to their simple garments of wool (suf), and through their efforts Islam was carried deep into the lands of Asia and Africa.11 The spread of Islam in India, for instance, was more the work of sufis than men who wielded swords.

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  • During a particularly nasty typhoon that also caused floods last year, cadres earned much goodwill through their rescue efforts.

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  • And having recovered from a nasty banking crisis in the 1990s through their own efforts (albeit with a favourable tailwind from the world economy), Finns are hostile to bail-outs.

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  • This seems to makes it all the more important to increase the reasons for companies to follow through with their efforts, whether that is in the Stock Markets as Morphy describes or a groundswell of awareness that Mbubi suggests.

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  • "We want people to climb up through their own efforts, yes, but in order to climb up they need the ladder to be there in the first place, the family that nurtures them, the school that inspires them, the opportunities there for them, " he said.

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  • It is granted to people who have distinguished themselves through their work or efforts, or to recognise the respect and high esteem in which they are held by the people of the city.

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  • Silicon Valley totally gets this with giants like Google driving do good efforts through their support of players like Sama Source, Charity Water and Random Hacks of Kindness.

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  • Until now, clinicians have only been able to find CTE through autopsies, focusing their efforts on ex-athletes with a history of head injuries who tended to die after demonstrating some cognitive impairment.

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  • These marketers recognized material increases in brand recall, recognition and awareness through these efforts and have as a result continued to expand their efforts around music.

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  • And finally, when the new chief of staff came here -- I guess it was six or seven months ago -- he walked with the President across Lafayette Park to the Chamber of Commerce in an effort to mend fences, to sort of demonstrate that he was rolling back some regulations, unshackling business to help them in their efforts to get through the recession.

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  • The rich countries, on their part, could do themselves and the world a huge favour by putting their efforts into reducing their greenhouse-gas emissions and following through on promised aid, including for universal access to family-planning services, rather than on raising their own fertility rates.

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  • The game was just three minutes old when Little tested Davis with a close-range header - and Burnley emphasised their early superiority through long-range efforts from Dean West and Gareth Taylor.

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  • Starting with self-leadership, you can amplify your efforts through others, harnessing their talents, energy and passion so that together, your team, business or organisation, can create synergy and achieve more than any sum of the parts ever could.

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  • Symbid confirms that their investors want to live vicariously through the efforts and innovation of the issuers.

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  • The consortium had an application to force an Extraordinary General Meeting turned down on technical reasons but were still believed to be continuing their efforts to push a meeting through.

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  • So, what does it mean for business if lawmakers fall short on their current efforts to see the bill through?

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  • But the real story is that by dangling discounted contract extensions to younger players that are aimed at locking them up through their prime years, both the game's richest and poorest teams have made startling progress in their efforts to convince players to stop selling themselves.

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  • Bayern improved in the second half and got back into the game through an own goal from Nikolce Noveski but, despite their efforts, they were unable to find an equalizer, leaving them in the bottom half of the table with just two points from three matches.

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  • Speaking before the vote, the representatives of Brazil and Turkey said they had voted against the text because it ran against their efforts to bring about a negotiated solution through the agreement on the Tehran Research Reactor and the related Tehran Declaration of 17 May, which provided a new opportunity for diplomacy.

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  • The project aims at assisting the Albanian authorities in their efforts to safeguard the historic centre of Gjirokastra through the preparation and improvement of management plans, the restoration of historic monuments and capacity-building activities in the field of heritage preservation and management.

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  • The Programme aims to provide Parties with a network of experts on the cultural and creative industries in Africa, who can support their ongoing efforts to effectively implement the 2005 Convention through targeted policy measures that foster the development of the cultural and creative industries at the national as well as the regional levels.

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  • My understanding is that he basically walked through the building and went desk to desk to thank people for their efforts.

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  • Rowe Price and USAA have been gaining market share through increased advertising, educational information on their websites and other direct selling efforts to clients.

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  • Unfortunately, their protective efforts have built a battery of hurdles and fences through which innovation can pass only with great difficulty.

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  • The hosts enjoyed their only spell of pressure midway through the half but Taylor easily saved efforts from Holst and Simun Samuelsen.

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  • Officials encourage students to complete their education independently through online courses, which have grown in popularity through efforts by companies such as Coursera, edX and Udacity.

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  • Through the power of social media and political advocacy, as well their ground efforts, they have gained a profound appreciation of the difficulties developing countries face and the interests our nation has in alleviating them.

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  • Similarly, environmentalists should redouble their efforts to provide more access to open space for millions of people through expanded purchases of land throughout the country.

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  • Through our collective efforts, we're proving these predators wrong and gaining justice for their innocent victims.

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  • All these reform efforts that we triggered through this competition have meant that 32 states actually changed their laws.

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