Word: extols
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...that account for 60% of the price of the bottle. "There are still immense difficulties importing wine into China," says Alun Griffiths, wine director at Berry Bros. & Rudd, the big U.K. wine merchant. So will the market ever take off? Yes, the optimists continue to believe. Chinese officials sometimes extol the healthy qualities of wine - in any case seeing it as better than local spirits which are often made of rice, corn and other cereals. China has officially committed to reduce import tariffs as part of its membership of the World Trade Organization. And the advent of stores like...
...buffet tent and the chairs were filled with men, so the female members of the household were either invited to an all-women's Twelfth Imam birthday party, or confined to the house. I couldn't see the speaker, but his voice transfixed the all-male assembly, rising to extol the Mahdi's virtues (immortal, pure)."He may even be among us right here right now, in this very gathering!" he exclaimed, looking about exaggeratedly. The idea that the Twelfth Imam could be present, either invisibly or in the bodily guise of an ordinary guest seated on a folding chair...
...effort to keep Blbray's numbers down, Democrats are also touting the candidacy of conservative third-party candidate William Griffith, a self-styled Minuteman border guard and strong opponent of illegal immigration. Busby even placed ads on conservative radio that extol Griffith. Even if Busby doesn't win here, a strong showing in the district will be enough to make Republicans nervous over what it may bode for November...
After disasters such as last week's storm, it's commonplace to extol the fierce determination of the afflicted as they rise like a phoenix. But indomitable energy is not what earned New Orleans the sobriquet the Big Easy, and it has never been a Phoenix in any sense. The evacuees I know talked about wandering to visit far-flung friends for a few months before heading home...
...music that is most remarkable: he fuses Marley-like beats and melodies with a wordless Hasidic vocal scat style known as "niggun" and lyrics that extol spiritual devotion to God. Matisyahu’s second CD, "Live at Stubb’s" jetted up the charts last year, eventually climbing into the Top 40 with over 100,000 copies sold...