Word: tempts
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...rules of Ramadan are fairly straightforward: for one month, all practicing, able-bodied Muslims over the age of 12 are forbidden to eat or drink from sunup to sundown. Muslims believe that during this month the gates of hell close - meaning the devil is unable to tempt them during a month of discipline, charity and self-control. The objective of the fast, which also prohibits participating in "sensual pleasures" such as smoking, sex and even listening to music during daylight hours, is to diminish believers' dependence on material goods, purify their hearts and establish solidarity with the poor to encourage...
...couple of years the economy will come back,” Handley admited. In that case, legislators will be able to lower taxes. This assumption is reasonable, but risky. Higher taxes will scare businesses from Connecticut, slowing the recovery. And when the economy rebounds, stuffed coffers will tempt legislators to spend even more...
...intellectual adventure,” said Freeman, who spent his time visiting churches and reading a lot of Boccaccio. Freeman said that the fellowship for graduate students is aimed at people who are not primarily Italian specialists. “I think the point is to sort of tempt people over to the Italian side of things,” he said. “And it works.”The whole I Tatti community gathers around an antique table for lunch, served at the estate every weekday. The lunches, while informal, provide an opportunity for scholars to exchange...
...when “Miroir Noir” sticks to tunes, it shines. Morisset captures some barn-burning performances; the selections from “Funeral” prove the album’s destined to last, and even the “Neon Bible” tracks tempt audiences into forgiving the album’s thematic and lyrical heavy-handedness. But their stage personae are similarly overwrought, and songs such as “Surf City Eastern Block” (which has Butler assuming an alter ego) maintain a distance between listeners and the band. During a stadium...
...Back at the ExCel center, official posters tacked near its entrances tempt passers by with the bold words "STABILITY, GROWTH, JOBS". But for anyone looking for a way out of the blight, it's another disappointment. The local footbridge to the center will be shut during the meeting of the world's most powerful. Once again, Canning Town will find itself cut off from what lies beyond...