Word: blesses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...better. The tension has gone out of our lives." Now at national gatherings, A.N.C. leaders can be heard singing the Boers' beloved Die Stem (The Call), while at rugby matches, thick-necked Afrikaans players stand at attention for the black liberation and nationalist hymn Nkosi Sikelel i Afrika (God Bless Africa...
...years behind bars for rape, did not name potential opponents or say when he will fight. "I will continue my journey to making myself a better person so I can help others," said the converted Muslim, who took no questions, and ended his press conference by saying, "may Allah bless you all." TIME sportswriter Steve Wulf does not expect Tyson to start off with a title bout. "He'll do some lesser opponents first," says Wulf. "He's not about to step into a big fight with George Foreman...
Sophomore Julia E. Starkey attributes to etiquette certain habits which may seem superstitious. As Starkey points out, not saying "God bless you" to someone who sneezes is rude, "even if you know in your rational little mind" that you are not" allowing demons to go into her nose...
...salespeople are helpful, for the most part friendly and eager to explain their wares. "God bless you" is heard often, either as an exclamation or as a farewell...
...Jack's jobs is to keep Charlotte Bless occupied and out of the reporters' hair. She is a fading beauty with the odd habit of initiating epistolary love affairs with death-row killers. Hillary has become her favorite, and her boxes of clippings and court transcripts about his case sparked the journalists interest in the story. Spending time with an attractive woman who pines for a convicted murderer wears on Jack's young nerves: "You may have seen dogs rolling on something dead in the grass, wanting the scent in their coats. That was the way I wanted...