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...lers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the machinations of a sinister cult of Kali; the horrors of the Indian Mutiny: are the themes woven into the rich backcloth of ?THE CURSE OF KALI?. In this turbulent setting are a man and a woman whose destinies are inextricably linked, their love yearning to flower despite every obstacle...

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...on? Could they foresee that that same Company would influence more than 200 years of British and Indian history and found the greatest Empire the wo... ...n. ‘I was tied to a tree by my friends who wanted to play our favourite game of Settlers and Red Indians. I was the youngest, so they decided I sho... ...rs and Red Indians. I was the youngest, so they decided I should be the “Settler” captured by the Indians.’ Rosita knew this game, which the childre... ...and will be able to give you, materially, all that I could not. You will also be able to help the Indians, themselves, by your skill as a doctor, a c... ...ia. Sir Cameron was a tall, gaunt-faced man with a leathery tanned skin from his years under the Indian sun. His wife, Lady Cameron, was nearly as ... ... Patel through the villages and remembered that he was not a Hindu but a Parsi, one of the oldest religions in the world. His people, the Arab physi... ...2 and because they had never proselytised, had no religious conflict with any of the other Indian religions. Helen knew that the Parsis with their f... ...rst time, how the British had been able to gain control over such a vast and ancient country. The religions alone were divisive:- Hindus believing i...

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... is heir to his throne. Her radiance is of all languages, all speech and all religions. She changes the winds of time and unchains all ethereal melodi... ...n her eyes, where her gentle touch could even melt me in the icy frost of an Indian winter. I would die outright for her love, for that lovely face to... ...f God.” R “Her radiance is of all languages, all tongues, all speech and all religions.” R “Her sweetness is a gift from God as it is a gift to the pl...

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...1965, the British educated leader led a population of Chinese, Malays and Indians to develop one of the top economies in the world. Without natural ... ...rica and Asia, your country is busy antagonizing one of the world‟s major religions. We look to survive and prosper. Is that wrong Commander? ... ...ur natives, we were never ethnically pure. Like Singapore we were Chinese, Indians and Malays. We have always had our fair share of Europeans and Ame... ...r desirability, we give preference to Asians, particularly to Chinese and Indians. It has been obvious throughout history that we all want our famili... ...tury. It is no surprise that these are Third World areas dominated by the religions of Abraham.” —“Certainly the short sighted leaders in tho... ...m women had been warriors and business people, like Mohammed‟s first wife. Religions tend to protect the status quo of the society, even as it shifts... ... and women in her wake. Islam, like Christianity, is not anti-women. Both religions have merely been tools of the tornado of tradition. And like a t... ...icked up by the politicians and businessmen in every country. Chinese and Indians often abandoned their practical and colorful vestments for the sto... ...an learn new skills. “Globalization has given more English speaking Indians more jobs in a number of areas, from technical computer support to...

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...iver’s head wobbled on its axis. Theo was about to insist when the young Indian explained: ‘See, in the country of my parents we do not really beli... ...ratic piles. Next was a street magician who seemed to be demonstrating the Indian rope trick. A coil of rope ascended vertically from a basket and he... ...lieve that Hoomans invent imaginary lines like that?’ ‘And all those crazy religions when we were hitchhiking…’ ‘They each thought they were the only ... ...Taj Mahal. Theo opened it and found a programme for the touring All Star Indian Circus, which was playing in Jerusalem that night. The programme wa... ...his dry patch of stones and sand without ever knowing why. Even today the religions still f ght to control the ancient city of Jerusalem, each adapt... ...owns Elephants and a Passage to India bits. Think of all the wars, the mad religions. Think of Mustafa rejected by everyone because he had one extra ... ...nd there was a merry gleam in its eyes. Behind the elephant’s head sat an Indian dancer dressed in thin silk shawls. There were golden bangles aroun... ...Jerusalem?’ Theo asked from his seat behind Raj’s ears. ‘Tcssh! All those religions f ghting over one place – and all certain that they’re right. In... ...as the golden orb sank into a f ery bed. On the screen Theo could see the Indian coastline wasn’t far off. The captain reckoned they’d be there by e...

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...n the bottomless gulf of his paunch.” —Holland’ s Plutarch’ s Morals. “The Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest fishes that are: among which t... ...ere now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coral reefs—commerce surrounds it with her surf. Right and ... ...ittle tinkling tags something like the stained porcu- pine quills round an Indian moccasin. There was a hole or slit in the middle of this mat, as you... ...m to smell almost as musky; he cannot have been three days landed from his Indian voyage. That man next him looks a few shades lighter; you might say ... ...d flowery gardens came from 43 Herman Melville the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. One and all, they were harpooned and dragged up hither from ... ...me.” I then went on, beginning with the rise and progress of the primitive religions, and coming down to the various religions of the present time, du... ... milk-white steeds; though even in the higher mysteries of the most august religions it has been made the symbol of the divine spotlessness and power;...

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... so tell a lie. 2.14. OF O 2.14. OF O 2.14. OF O 2.14. OF O 2.14. OF OTHER RELIGIONS THER RELIGIONS THER RELIGIONS THER RELIGIONS THER RELIGIONS In th... ...RELIGIONS THER RELIGIONS In the same manner, in varying degree, I hold all religions to be in a measure true. Least comprehensible to me are the India... ... all religions to be in a measure true. Least comprehensible to me are the Indian formulae, because they seem to stand not on com- mon experience but ... ...der, efficiently upheld, men have found and will find Salvation. All these religions are true for me as Canterbury Cathedral is a true thing and as a ... ... AR AR AR ART T T T TS AND NE S AND NE S AND NE S AND NE S AND NEW W W W W RELIGIONS RELIGIONS RELIGIONS RELIGIONS RELIGIONS When one is discussing th... ...nd attention, too much sacrifice of existing co-operations. New cults, new religions, new organizations of all sorts, insisting upon their novelty and... ...ut the case is altered altogether if you have reason to suppose that a Red Indian is lying in wait a hundred yards off, holding a loaded rifle and rea...

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...ort: — “`The king’s attorney is informed by a friend to the throne and the religions institutions of his country, that one named Edmond Dantes, mate o... ...Turks, the augers of the Persians, the stake and the brand of the Iroquois Indians, are inadequate tortures, and which are unpun- ished by society? An... ...re a philanthropist. Ah, you call yourself Oriental, a Levantine, Maltese, Indian, Chinese; your family name is Monte Cristo; Sinbad the Sailor is you... ... — a small octagonal-shaped room, hung with pink satin, covered with white Indian muslin. The chairs were of ancient workmanship and materials; over t...

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...sly in nearby India. So our driver didn’t need to cow- tow to the bulls as Indian chauffeurs must do. My earlier impression of Indian drivers was tha... ...rk, but at least a hemisphere! But if China can do it and the upper class Indians can do it, there is hope for us. Let‘s look at India for a minute.... ...o farm often switch to the fruits and vegetables that the more prosperous Indians now demand. But with few refrigerated trucks and freight cars, the... ...or are being swallowed by the skyrocketing inflation rates while the rich Indians buy more companies and run with the rich of the globalized world. ... ...ology so that it became a leader in the world. A problem was that so many Indians with superior educations opted to leave for more comfortable count... ...orget the problems of immigrating people with different values, different religions, lower educational attainment and less respect for the homeland. ... ...least the days of the Greeks and Romans. The Jewish, Christian and Muslim religions may not have reduced the activity, but certainly they pushed it u... ...t reduce population and increase education. In many lands the predominant religions fight this need. Islam, Catholicism and the Church of Jesus Chri... ...olerance can only go so far. ―But back to our beliefs. As in other religions salvation can be gained through charity, knowledge and similar p...

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... population with space age communication, a global economy, and a myriad of religions and philosophies that divide our human brotherhood into millio... ...philosophers and saints who have preceded us. “But I want to see how religions that are often violently competitive live in peace when I visi... ...00 would have been much better off. But then by halfway through my trip the Indian economic miracle had increased by tenfold the Indian per capita i... ...r friendly. Obviously today not everyone looks to religion for their values. Religions can give us a certainty that we all would like, but history is... ...lims fought them both and each other. History seems to be nothing more than religions and wars, and religions were the instigators in many of those w... ...ve at the comfort level of the average person in Bangladesh. Thirty average Indians use fewer resources than one American. So what is called ‘the car... ...rget ethnic and religious cleansing. Between 100,000 and a million American Indians were killed by the good Christian invaders. In Australia 300,000 ... ...n, not to mention Osama bin Laden, have championed earlier visions of their religions as the salvation of the world. “Several elected Afric... ...ause the poor and uneducated would most likely not be given licenses. Poor Indians and sub-Saharan blacks would obviously be targeted.” Chet had ...

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...th their forks in their right hands, Europeans with the fork in the left. Indians may eat with their right hands, Chinese with chop sticks. No need f... ...bout them. ―Few Jews, Christians, Hindus or Muslims change their religions. Few democrats want a totalitarian dictatorship. And while total... ...such as ‗Pure Land‘ Buddhism believe in a hereafter like the monotheistic religions. While each may believe deeply in his or her God, and may even be... ...nclusion from those who have experienced it? The holiest adherents to most religions have had similar mystical experiences--the Hindu who has united ... ...ravel. ―It has long puzzled me why the common brothers in your western religions have fought so violently among themselves for so long. Can't the... ...ans in North America were generally pantheistic, while the South American Indians were generally panentheistic. Yet the Cherokees were monotheistic. ... ...sm has pantheistic elements in its beliefs. It was probably influenced by Indian and Persian pantheism. 76 ―Uniting with God is called a ... ...ook for evidence for them. We find that evidence in the scriptures of the Indian and Persian cultures. A Jew, a Christian or a Muslim would immediat... ... Africans, 30% for Bangladeshi. 13% for Pakistani, and 5% for Chinese and Indians. It seems that the longer the ethnic group had lived in the UK, t...

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...otta soldiers to the grave with them, ready to serve in the afterworld. Religions have always competed to be the guarantors of their followers’ i... ...them. The Christian ascetics do not agree with this theory but I prefer Indian wisdom and the wisdom of Homer when dealing with this subject. The... ... In Homer there is no god that offers rewards or punishments, like in many religions throughout the world. Every individual is the cause of the evil...

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...hem. These tribes were, in short, the Parias of Scotland, living like wild Indians among European settlers, and, like them, judged of rather by their ... ...f hostili- ties on either side. 62 Guy Mannering CHAPTER VIII. So the red Indian, by Ontario’s side, Nursed hardy on the brindled panther’s hide, As ... ... complaints against the fickleness 112 Guy Mannering and caprice of these Indian nabobs, who never knew what they would be at for ten days together. ... ...fend my purse and person against a highwayman, as much as if I were a wild Indian, who owns neither law nor magis- tracy. The question of resistance, ... ... in our favour. To move to Westmoreland from Devonshire might make an East Indian shudder; but to come to us from Galloway or Dumfriesshire, is a step... ... or Episcopal meeting-house?—Tros Tyriusve” a lawyer, you know, is of both religions, or rather I should say of both forms—or can I assist in passing ...

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... that of the living, and the dead multiply and the living dwindle at so swift a rate. Conceive how the remnant huddles about the embers of the fire of... ...s chief adornment. He was naturally ignorant of English history, so that I had much of news to communicate. The story of Gordon I told him in full, an... ...ead of yachts in the Sunday papers, and being fired with the desire to see one. Captain Chase, they called him, an old whaler-man, thickset and white-... ...s Burns testify to Scottish blood; but he is an American born, somewhere far east; followed the trade of a ship-carpenter; and was long employed, the ... ...alue; and as Brother Michel never knew a native to deposit a greater sum with Bishop Dordillon, our friend was a rich man in virtue of his chin. He ha... ...horrid fact or more abominable legend, it equally depicts that something bitter and energetic which distinguishes Paumotuan man. The archipelago is di...

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...ve, had made an elaborate cave in which he could hide himself from the Red Indians who were lurking behind the curtains. He put his ear to the floor a... ...edan and the Buddhist were convinced also of the truth of their respective religions. It looked as though knowing that you were right meant nothing; t... ...ty at the vicarage, and two girls came, daughters of a retired major in an Indian regiment who had lately settled in Blackstable. They were very prett... ... say ,” she told him, “as there’s another lady here whose husband’s in the Indian Civil.” “I wouldn’t let that disturb me if I were you,” said Philip....

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...s, and then the Guises against the Calvinists. Next, after pitting the two religions against each other in the heart of the nation, Catherine instigat... ...ke. We place the Creator of all things far higher than the sphere to which religions have degraded Him. Do not accuse of athe- ism those who look for ... ...ence, sire, which is a very different thing. Materialism is the outcome of Indian doctrines, transmitted through the mysteries of Isis to Chaldea and ...

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...the Old Testament) and the New. Every possible change is rung in the great religions of the world between identification, complete separation, equalit... ...ERN RELIGION HAS NO FOUNDER 1. MODERN RELIGION HAS NO FOUNDER P ERHAPS ALL RELIGIONS, unless the flaming onset of Mohammedanism be an exception, have ... ...es very closely with the account of “con- version” as it is given by other religions. It has little to tell that is not already familiar to the reader... ...fundamental weaknesses of the human character, and which are common to all religions. Against these it is necessary to keep constant watch. They retur... ... life of men, without altogether losing his faith. The loss of a child, an Indian famine, could shake it but not overthrow it. Then coming back one da... ...e tests that they are judged even to-day, by the profes- sors of the chief religions of the world. It is the temper and not the conclusions of the rel... ...pon a throne. But current Christianity, modern developments of Islam, much Indian theological thought—that, for instance, which has found such delicat...

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...of the biggest of all extinct birds, in a little canoe in the midst of the Indian Ocean. If old Dawson had known that! It was worth four years’ salary... ...urely the worship of the Dynamo Deity, perhaps the most short-lived of all religions. Yet withal it could at least boast a Martyrdom and a Human Sacri... ...annels upon the plains of Burmah and Hindostan. The tangled summits of the Indian jungles were aflame in a thousand places, and below the hurrying wat... ...Some of the things are quite unreadable to me—though my fam- ily, with its Indian Civil Service associations, has kept up a knowledge of Hindustani fr...

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...holic religion was not the most advantageous and the most agreeable of all religions! All the same,” resumed he, after having clicked his tongue again... ...s about to send her to some filthy Botany Bay, some infamous Tyburn of the Indian Ocean. All this she owes to D’Artagnan, without doubt. From whom can... ...ar ambassador of Holland, who was to take back to the port of Flushing the Indian merchantmen of which Charles I had made restitution to the United Pr...

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................................................................................................... 54 POWER THRU SOCIAL TRADITIONS SANCTIFIED BY RELIGI... ...ny science. But unlike the ‗hard‘ sciences, our variables are nearly infinite. But not as infinite as the possibilities expressed by the many religi... ... converted to Christianity.‖ —―And many Christians who have converted to Islam.‖ —―Those are cases to look at. Did they change religi... ...d in their own faith, whose adherents they knew well, then moved to a similar theistic belief that sounded better? Did they study a number of religi... ...mate to see if they are really compatible and have a chance at a real relationship? ―There are so many illustrations of individuals, religi... ...e Catholic saints have tortured themselves to great extents, even to death. Muslims may also use self flagellation for penance. Some American Indian... ...ushing the Spanish Inquisition, when she tried to make Roman Catholicism the national religion. But even she had her soft side. She freed the Indian...

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...ins and the Alleghanies; and that they were inhabited either by Mor- mons, Indians, or simply by black bears. That there was a 43 Trollope district i... ...ends the river, which by its breadth forms itself into lakes, one is shown Indian villages clustering down upon the bank. Some years ago these Indians... ...onsiderable acuteness. They might not, per- haps, hit the truth, and these Indians are much in that predicament. It is said that very few pure-blooded... ...r villages, but I doubt whether this is not erroneous. The children of the Indians are now fed upon baked bread and on cooked meat, and are brought up... ... in population as have these Western States. The list is as follows: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Min- nesota, Iowa, Kansas to which ... ...orough and efficient system of common schools throughout the State; but no religions or other sect or sects shall ever have any exclusive right or con...

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... abundance of hatch- ets (for we carried the hatchets for traffic with the Indians); but with much chopping and cutting knotty hard wood, they were al... ...wn, which I could not find out. I searched for the cassava root, which the Indians, in all that climate, make their bread of, but I could find none. I... ...th the help of fire and infinite labour, made a hollow place in it, as the Indians in Brazil make their canoes. After this, I made a great heavy pestl... ...and with my having much more convenience for it than any of the negroes or Indians; but not at all considering the particular inconveniences which I l... ... considering the particular inconveniences which I lay under more than the Indians did – viz. want of hands to move it, when it was made, into the wat... ... to the clergy, not only to be found in the Roman, but, perhaps, among all religions in the world, even among the most brutish and barbarous savages. ... ...emarkable, too, I had but three subjects, and they were of three different religions – my man Friday was a Protestant, his father was a Pagan and a ca...

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...ut together. It is remarkable, that neither the ancient Egyptians, nor the Indians, nor the Chinese, encouraged foreign commerce, but seem all to have... ...east in common language. The greater part of our North Ameri- can and West Indian planters are in this situation. They farm, the 50 The Wealth of Nat... ...may likewise the capital of a great nation. In our North American and West Indian colonies, not only the wages of labour, but the interest of money, a... ...d above this quantity of tobacco, can man- age, they reckon, four acres of Indian corn. T o prevent the market from being overstocked, too, they have ... ...e competition of the rich. Though the mines, therefore, which supplied the Indian market, had been as abundant as those which supplied the Euro- pean,... ...nd Roman catholic coun- try, the conversion has not been so complete, both religions are not only tolerated, but established by law. The proper perfor... ...e per cent. of their rent. The other revenues of the ecclesiastics of both religions at fifty per cent. The commanderies of the Teu- tonic order, and ...

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...he Fall: one of the biggest things done. If people would remember that all religions are no more than representations of life, they would find them, a... ...use, hurried by child’s games… . Have at you again, being now well through Indiana. In America you eat better than anywhere else: fact. The food is he... ...pened to the old pedestrian emigrants, what was the tedium suffered by the Indians and trappers of our youth, the imagination trembles to con- ceive. ... ...a wet Sunday in a strong church neighbourhood. They are mostly Mexican and Indian-mixed. – Ever yours, R. L. S. 114 The Letters of R. L. Stevenson: V... ...llflower is a choice pot-herb; lily-of-the-valley, too, and carnation, and Indian cress trailed about the window, is not only beau- tiful by colour, b... ... will like him much – if you like what is genuine. Must we likewise change religions? Mine is a good ar- ticle, with a trick of stopping; cathedral be... ... I tell my little parable that Germany took England, and then there was an Indian Mutiny, and Bismarck said: ‘Quite right: let Delhi and Calcutta and ...

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...es to appoint their representatives. I suppose there would be at least one Indian representative elected, perhaps by some special electoral con- feren... ... representative elected, perhaps by some special electoral con- ference of Indian princes and leading men. The chief defect of the American Presidenti... ...Georgia, or the Indi- ans in the T ransvaal make such an appeal? Could any Indian population in India appeal? Personally I should like to see the powe... ...er, the Briton, the Belgian, the Egyptian, the Frenchman, the Italian, the Indian the Portuguese—might all be represented in proportion to their inter... ...nd but the greatest devotion to the sovereign, and still truer was this of Indians, Egyptians, and the like. It might be easy to press this theory of ... ..., but surely these ideas may call upon the teachers of all the great world religions for their support. The world is full now of confused propaganda, ...

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...ught before? O.M. For ten thousand years. Y.M. By whom? O.M. All the great religions—all the great gospels. Y.M. Then there is nothing new about it? O... ...the Japanese, the Chinese, the Hindus, the T urks—a thousand wild and tame religions, every kind of government that can be thought of, from tiger to h... ...of thrones, the murder of kings, the wreck of dynasties, the extinction of religions, the birth of new systems of gov ernment; and their descendants ... ...and chain and other millinery so that Columbus could discover America. The Indian wars were very desecrating to the country. The Indians pursued their... ...dge of all men twenty five hundred years before the Christian era. Our red Indians have left many records, in the form of pictures, upon our crags and...

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..., that made them, to transform Oft to the Image of a Brute, adorn’d With gay Religions full of Pomp and Gold, And Devils to adore for Deities: Then we... ... Dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numberless, like that Pigmean Race Beyond the INDIAN Mount, or Faerie Elves, Whose midnight Revels, by a Forrest side O... ... Hills where Flocks are fed, flies toward the Springs Of GANGES or HYDASPES, INDIAN streams; But in his way lights on the barren plaines Of SERICANA, ... ...se The Figtree, not that kind for Fruit renown’d, But such as at this day to INDIANS known In MALABAR or DECAN spreds her Armes Braunching so broad an... ...e, a Pillard shade High overarch’t, and echoing Walks between; There oft the INDIAN Herdsman shunning heate Shelters in coole, and tends his pasturing...

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... masters. The conception of Mendoza Limited I trace back to a certain West Indian colonial secre- tary, who, at a period when he and I and Mr Sidney W... ...ly mixed hues which the modern clothier has produced to harmonize with the religions of respectable men. He has not been out of doors yet to-day; so h... ...e were battles, bombard- ments, stratagems to save our scalps from the red Indians. You have no imagination, Ann. I am ten times more de- structive no...

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...nity, also, although to a smaller ex- tent. The words and phrases of these religions were doubt- less familiar to the Meccans, especially to that nume... ...e letter of the Koran forbid the game of chess. The Persians, however, and Indians generally interpret this verse more liberally. 35 This and the two...

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...id, in the pier-glass opposite. “There, Celia! you can wear that with your Indian muslin. But this cross you must wear with your dark dresses.” Celia ... ...o you do?” in the nick of time. In spite of her shabby bonnet and very old Indian shawl, it was plain that 46 Middlemarch the lodge-keeper regarded h... ..., through whose labors it may at last fix the date of invasions and unlock religions, so a bit of ink and paper which has long been an innocent wrappi...

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...s turned off and even primary radar contact with the aircraft was lost.The Indianapolis Air Traffic Control Center repeat- edly tried and failed to co... ...2 AM Page 14 “WE HAVE SOME PLANES” 15 BOSTON NEW YORK NEW YORK CLEVELAND INDIANAPOLIS Boston Center Otis Air Force Base Langley Air Force Base Nor... ...Headquarters Continental Aerospace Command Region (CONR) Cleveland Center Indianapolis Center New Y ork Center FAA Air Traffic Control Centers Report... ...oston knew was not necessarily known by centers in New York, Cleveland, or Indianapolis, or for that matter by the Command Center in Herndon or by FAA... ...ward the south.T wo minutes later, it disappeared completely from radar at Indianapolis Center, which was controlling the flight. 138 The controller t... ...ptures, are common to every religion, and represent no threat to us. Other religions have experienced violent internal struggles.With so many diverse ...

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... to change the faith of Japan, and openly professed their ignorance of the religions they were trying to supplant. I quote an American in this connect... ... produced his snuff-box, which was with him, like the calumet with the Red Indian, a part of the heraldry of peace; and at length, in the ripeness of ... ...time glowing with hope that, if I said it well, he might reward me with an Indian picture. “Thy foot He’ll not let slide, nor will He slumber that the... ...he world, guiding the mari- ner; his firm were consulting engineers to the Indian, the 59 Memories and Portraits New Zealand, and the Japanese Lighth...