Word: devout
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...when he likes to think. Then he took his regular rubdown from a masseur who is also one of his bodyguards. Lunch was, as always, a bowl of soup. For nourishment during the day Sadat drinks liquids constantly: fruit juice, minted tea and a lightly carbonated European cola. A devout Muslim, he never touches liquor or wine...
Sadat's astonishing voyage to the heartland of his enemy sent commentators groping for comparisons, and their choices helped put some measure on the rarity of the event. Cairo's leading newspaper, al-Ahram, judged the meeting of Sadat and Begin?the one a devout Muslim, the other a deeply religious Jew?to be the most important of its kind since the Prophet Mohammad made a covenant with the Jews of Medina 1,355 years ago. Some religious Jews even saw the Sadat-Begin meeting foreshadowed in the Torah text for the Sabbath (Vayishlach) to be read at prayer services...
...paradoxical mix of East and West. He likes English clothes and enjoys his presidential perquisites-including nine official residences, which he shares with his wife Jihan, 43. One of his homes is in Mit Abu el Kom. There he dons a peasant gallabiya to relax. He is as devout a Muslim as Israel's Begin is a Jew-his forehead bears a mark from touching it so often to the ground in prayer...
...wrought intimacy and conviction of a Piaf, a Billie Holiday or her own mother, Judy Garland. As a dancer, she is adroit and nimble but she does not dazzle - though her legs do. As for her acting skills, they ex ist mainly in the eyes of her true and devout believers...
...play golf, but only in a twosome, and he must keep a reasonable interval" in the clubhouse between himself and other members. He may not enter his newspaper office or his children's schools, but may go to a library. He may attend Mass (he is a devout Roman Catholic). He may visit a theater to see a movie, but can he go to a concert? The local chief magistrate, who can grant exceptions to the law, has indicated that he may make exceptions to standing orders but cannot rule on omissions. Woods is also required to make weekly...