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...s Cargo Cults Self-Flagellation The Black Stone of Mecca Hungry Ghosts Witch Smellers Egyptian Crocodile Worship Christian Snake Handlers The Rope to Heaven The Scapegoat Gods in Human Form Devil Worship The Sex Slaves of Paradise Animal Sacrifice Human Sacrifice Self Mummification Zombies Incorruptible Bodies The Firebird Sacred Mushrooms Demonic Posse...

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...y side, And hate was given birth; I spread my arms wide, And I conquered the earth; Now I lift my head with pride, And each heart is bound by my rope; Nations walk by my side, After all I am Hope....

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...old reliable slanders which can still be used against both of them. There are probably still Russians who believe that every English gentleman puts a rope round his wife's neck and sells her in Smithfield. There are certainly still Englishmen who believe that every Russian gentleman takes a rope to his wife's back and whips her every day. But these stories, picturesque and...

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...aight pole or stick to use as a measure, and sharpened pegs to scratch lines in the turf, or to drive into the ground to mark places. They would have rope, or the ancient equivalent, made out of twisted fibres or knotted hide thongs. Pulled tight these would provide a straight line, which could be marked on the ground with chalk dust. (The monument stands on chalk bedrock)...

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...isappeared complete. The last thing we saw of him was his heels. So I’ll tie you to the boat, Marty. We don’t want to lose you.” He took a length of rope an inch thick, wrapped it around Marty’s middle and snubbed it off to a stanchion with a bowline knot. “Now that will keep you safe in the boat, anyhow,” he said. Behind Marty’s back, he winked at Milly. She kissed his...

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... more love then my selfe. You are a Counsellor, if you can command these Elements to silence, and worke the peace of the present, wee will not hand a rope more, use your authoritie: If you cannot, give thankes you have liv?d so long, and make your selfe readie in your Cabine for the mischance of the houre, if it so hap. Cheerely good hearts: out of our way I say. Exit. Gon...

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... 30 and worke the peace of the present, wee will not 31 hand a rope more, vse your authoritie: If you cannot, 32 giue thankes you ha... ... perfect Gallowes: stand fast good Fate to his han-ging, 39 make the rope of his destiny our cable, for our 40 owne doth little aduantage:...

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...xample carving the American presidential portraits in Mount Rushmore by Gustom Borglum, or wrapping the Australian coastline in 1969 with plastic and rope by Javacheff and Jeanne-Claude Christo (packed objects). Ephemeral patterns (art) in the snow by Dennis Oppenheim. But some earthworks are criticized of disturbing the nature and upsetting the ecology. Earth Outer-Art...

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... had already re-loaded the Carey brothers, this time on two horses that were roped behind the stage. I rode Spirit and Daggot rode his great horse.... ...g right next to the lake. I could also see there was a pile of iron bars and ropes on the ground around the same area. It looked to me like someone... ...ot there after the fire. I watched as he picked through the pile of iron and ropes on the ground. After he found what he was looking for, he’d take... ... “No, the sides are too wet and I’m standing in two feet of mud. I saw some ropes back by the lake. Can you go get one?” “I’ll go look. Don’t go... ...or. Finally, I heard noise again above me. “Montana, I tied one end of the rope to Spirit’s saddle horn. Here’s the other end. Watch out, here i... ...e other end. Watch out, here it comes.” I really couldn’t move much, so the rope hit me in the head and bounced down my backside. I reached aroun... ...t I’d need some help. “Daisy, start moving Spirit back now -- but slow. The rope’s wet and I don’t want to lose my grip.” I heard her talking to ... ...t want to lose my grip.” I heard her talking to Spirit and moment later the rope began to tighten. As it did, I pulled again. This time, with Spir... ...e Daisy running over to me from where Spirit stood, with the other end of the rope still looped around the saddle horn. “Are you sure you’re okay...

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...conditions. Axiana pulled the cord to adjust the sails, but the cord ripped apart and the rope holding the sail and center beam together on the star... ... work frantically in the merciless storm. Without any support on the starboard side, the rope on the port side also flung loose. Without the ropes ... ...he ends of it. It looked as if some sort of chemical had burned through the cords and the ropes holding the beam. The chemicals would have needed ti... ...nt!” she shouted through the lashing winds. She quickly tied Anjia to the barrel with the rope she was still holding – the same rope that had once he... ...ody floating nearby. He swam out towards it, and with his teeth, he grabbed at a piece of rope that was tied around the small form. He pulled and pu... ...around the small form. He pulled and pulled. The child was loosely tied to a barrel. The rope, which still held the girl, was nearly frayed right th... ...ere, he pulled her ashore. The barrel got caught in the weeds and the last threads of the rope snapped free, with part of the rope still wrapped aro... ...e a great cough and water came pouring out of her mouth. Relieved, Odai then noticed the rope that was still around her waist and re- moved it. He e... ...l tangled in the weeds by the riverbank. He ran over to look at it and saw that the same rope was also tied around the barrel. He grabbed the end o...

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... You, there. Yes, you, Boy!” Zina pointed at a startled Devin. “Fetch some rope and a chair.” "Yes, yes, ma’am!” Devin stammered and ran from the roo... ...hen make one. I need to get free. But how?” She jerked her wrists but the rope binding her to the chair was too tight. “Oh, come on!” Laylah huffed. ... ... She jerked hard with all her strength and was shocked when she heard the rope snap and loosen. Startled, her eyes flew open and she stared with won... ... worry about. "Let’s make it two for two.” Grinning, she tried to pull the rope off her ankles. After a moment, her smile faded. Puzzled, she attempt... ...les. After a moment, her smile faded. Puzzled, she attempted to break the rope and met with failure. “I don’t understand.” She was so intent on loos... ... room. “And still tied up,” she mumbled. She tugged experimentally on the rope only this time it didn’t budge. “I guess that first time was a fluke... ...mean, I never tried to before. Are you here to help me? I can't break the ropes like last time.:: Stefan licked her fingers. ::Yes, I will free you. ... ...l free you. Be still.:: He clamped his teeth around the loose part of the rope and with a savage jerk, broke it. Laylah rubbed her wrists and glanced... ...he dagger in her left hand. ::Thank you.:: She started sawing away at the rope. Stefan whipped around when he heard the crash. Zina was shifting to h...

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... landed in front of the fdgety rebel. “Yeah, that’s the idea. I have some rope in the trunk, do me a favor and grab it so I can tie up this bastard.... ... “When he gets over here, you can ask him,” Josh answered as he found the rope, grabbed it, then shut the trunk. Vincent had set the Seeker down on ... ...eeker down on the road a few feet away at this point and Josh brought the rope over to him. “What do you hope to accomplish with this?” inquired a co... ...oth bladeless helicopters opened, and four Seekers from each descended on ropes to the ground. They readied their weapons and spread out. The group ... ...ne of the bladeless helicopters came overhead and a Seeker descended on a rope, grabbed Post, and then was pulled back up in seconds. Shortly afer t... ...ments, the scientist was tied up in the corner 218 Mike Saxton with some rope that Lexi had found. Jade was laid out on the foor. “This is some fre... ... Instead, a web of various platforms and wooden huts were suspended with ropes and cables all throughout the large, open area that used to house so... ... I’m sorry…you’ve got a girl. My, my, I’d sure love to meet the woman who roped a guy who’s this loyal to her in this day and age…especially one tha...

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...ge when the season changed. Below, he could even see a tire suspended by a rope from a thick tree branch, and a hammock strung between each tree. Kane... ...'t tell you how much I look forward to breaking you in and showing you the ropes around our wonderful institution." "What I have seen of it so far is ... ...t of the day working in close quarters, usually with mawla showing him the ropes of acquisition, collection and cataloguing, when he was not wandering...

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... swell would surely overpower her and sweep her overboard. Suddenly an iron arm gripped her and a rope was fastening her to a stanchion. Her last si... ... wooden temple. She dismounted and taking a picket peg from her saddle bag, tied Sultana’s halter rope to it. Helen loosened the girth and unfastened... ...e worst. ‘She was made to watch the execution of her lover before she was brought back, bound in ropes, to Mirapore.’ ‘My God, how did they execute...

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...vil inclination seems like spider- web, and in the end, it seems like cart-ropes,’ for it is said, ‘Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of va... ...m that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope’ (Isaiah 5).” There is a great rule we must know. Our work, which was ... ...vil inclination seems like spider-web, and in the end, it seems like cart-ropes.” We know that there is a discernment of “coercive,” “mistaken,” and... ... a sin. However, afterwards, it turns out like “sin, as it were with cart-ropes,” and the Klipot were then made of this will to receive, which have ...

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... a chance To finish the rescue with the hose Descending the nostril as a rope, and then flushing out mucus. He gives the ground beef an air-born som... ...-- Thinking i grabbed a hold on the sunlight which could Lift me Up like a rope; but grasping the pitchfork-- Raising the pitchfork-- Pitching the pit...

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...uld use you as well. Go get the boys ready and I want them to bring plenty of rope and ammunition. Luke, tell Sandy to fill the wagon for a week. I’... ... Steel Dust Dawn 69 Doc Stanton was back, so we rode over to get the mare roped up. “I see you met our local pain-in- the-butt.” “If you mean ... ...and Clint pushin’ a wagon to the lee side of the big barn. I quickly threw a rope over the wagon bench and let Spirit pull. “We got this one,” Cli... ...d to my saddle along with a longer lariat. I didn’t know if I’d need all that rope but figured it couldn’t hurt to take it. One slap on his flank an... ...all stream at the bottom of the next hill. “I see he’s still draggin’ that rope,” I said, noting the snake-like trail that followed just to the l... ... When I got within a few feet, I slowly bent down and picked up the piece of rope he’d been draggin’. With the rope in my left hand, I walked right... ...ce he licked it I knew we’d be fine. I patted his neck and slowly removed the rope that had been botherin’ him. Just as slowly, I replaced it with ... ...never asked the obvious. “Doc, what do you think caused it? He still had your rope around him when we found him down by that stream, but there was ... ...e goes. No Steel Dust Dawn 111 fenders and no real horn… nothin’ to hang a rope to. The stirrups were real high, so I had to bend my knees almos...

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..., 42, 183; divinities born from the brahmaudana eaten by A., 42, 629 j a rope addressed as A.'s zone, J4,474. Aditya, the Sun, a god. (,,) His my...

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...recipice. Over the precipice only an old wooden bridge lay, hanging on old ropes, groaning helplessly under each touch of wind. From the depth of the ... ...the man. The man made a step more, and more. The bridge quaked wildly, its ropes strained painfully their tendons. And so did the man in terror... “Bu...

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...oubtful look. “Fine, the nearest coffee shop.” Julia was at the end of her rope. Her night was rapidly declining from dismal to dreadfully depress... ...ed at Laura whose tiny brows wrinkled in concentration as she tried to jump rope. “We have to make a deal,” she began. “There’s something you need... ...t the glare of the sun as he stared into the yard. Laura had left her jump rope and her bucket of sidewalk chalk in the grass. He looked at it and...