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    The superstition was that disability of any sort was the mark of the devil. The phrases are in languages throughout Europe: the devil's hoof, the devil's horn mark. It reaches back to early Christianity and the middle ages. Where a child was born out of wedlock, the church cooked up the impression that you'd done something sinful, and something dreadful would result. You will still find, particularly in Greece, people doing a little sign when they see a very badly disabled child – it needs warding off.

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The second quarter was the difference. Our second unit gave us great energy to open the second quarter. When this read more

The second quarter was the difference. Our second unit gave us great energy to open the second quarter. When this team gets in sync quick and we're locking down on defense, it creates a lot more opportunities on the other end for us.

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This is politics, raw and urgent. What is happening across the pages of almost every newspaper is a ruthless attempt read more

This is politics, raw and urgent. What is happening across the pages of almost every newspaper is a ruthless attempt to destroy the young challenger among the Tory modernizers' camp and to keep the Conservatives firmly on the right of British politics.

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Scot is a tremendous player. I look forward to him anchoring our defense on what I hope will be a read more

Scot is a tremendous player. I look forward to him anchoring our defense on what I hope will be a very strong team in 2006.

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I guess we took the illustrations to influential people so they could help. Is it so tough giving an apology?

I guess we took the illustrations to influential people so they could help. Is it so tough giving an apology?

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All the teams at this point are running off adrenalin. Everyone is hungry.

All the teams at this point are running off adrenalin. Everyone is hungry.

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He's someone who experiences a certain amount of bafflement about his talents. How did it happen? How did he become read more

He's someone who experiences a certain amount of bafflement about his talents. How did it happen? How did he become who he is?

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We do really good together. It will be kind of like this the whole year where one of us can read more

We do really good together. It will be kind of like this the whole year where one of us can go in and the other can close, and I don't think it will be a problem.

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It's a little frustrating, but we're a whole team.

It's a little frustrating, but we're a whole team.

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The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it.

The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it.

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