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Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ According to Christian belief, a Hebrew preacher (believed active 1st century ad) who founded the religion of Christianity, hailed and worshipped by his followers as the Son of God. Knowledge of Jesus' life is based mostly on the biblical gospels of St Matthew, St Mark, and St... Read more |
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Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Anthony of Padua 1195-1231, Portuguese Franciscan, Doctor of the Church, b. Lisbon. He was renowned for his eloquence. According to tradition, in a vision he received the child Jesus in his arms and is usually thus represented in art. He was known as a preacher and for his holy life and was... Read more |
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Cana
Cana , ancient town of Galilee. According to the Gospel of St. John it was here that Jesus performed his first miracle by turning water into wine at a wedding.... Read more |
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miracle
miracle preternatural occurrence that is viewed as the expression of a divine will. Its awe and wonder lie in the fact that the cause is hidden. The idea of the miracle occurs especially with the evolution of those highly developed religions that distinguish between natural law and divine will.... Read more |
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Foundation for A Course in Miracles
Foundation for A Course in Miracles The Foundation for A Course in Miracles is a study and re-treat center established in 1982 by cofounders Kenneth Wapnick and his wife, Gloria Wapnick. Wapnick, a clinical psycholo-gist, was a close friend and associate of Helen Schucman and William Tetford, ... Read more |
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Madhva
Madhva The founder of the Madhvism sect of Hinduism, Madhva (c. 1197-c. 1276) stressed the importance of bhakti, or devotion, in the worship of his Dvaita, or dualist, interpretation of the Vedanta, the philosophy of Hinduism as expressed in the Hindu scriptures, the Veda. Believed to be the... Read more |
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Kenosis
Kenosis Literally "emptying" in Greek, kenosis is a theological notion signifying the Christian belief that in the life and death of Jesus of Nazareth God empties out the divine selfhood in humble self-giving love to the world. This interpretation of deity has been inspired especially by... Read more |
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Ebionites
Ebionites [Aramaic,=poor], Jewish-Christian sect of rural ancient Palestine, of the first centuries after Jesus. There were two groups, according to Origen. The Judaic Ebionites held closely to Mosaic law and regarded Jesus as a miracle-working prophet and St. Paul as an apostate. Gnostic Ebionites... Read more |
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Ephesians
Ephesians , letter of the New Testament, written, according to tradition, by St. Paul to the Christians of Ephesus from his captivity at Rome (c.AD 60). There is ground for believing that the letter was intended as an encyclical. By virtue of the resurrection the writer claims that God has made... Read more |
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Miracle Worker, The
Miracle Worker, The (1959), a play by William Gibson. [Playhouse, 719 perf.] Having graduated...drama that terrify and grip you.” Gibson's sequel Monday After the Miracle (1982), about the later years of Annie and Helen, was commended by... |
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Gibson, William
...for the Seesaw (1958), followed by the popular The Miracle Worker (1959) about Helen Keller and her tutor, Annie Sullivan...Sullivan relationship in the sequel Monday after the Miracle (1982) and rewrote the Meir work as a one‐woman... |
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Bancroft, Anne
...true.” Bancroft's other outstanding Broadway role was Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller's devoted teacher, in The Miracle Worker (1959). Among her subsequent performances of note were wartime marketeer Mother Courage in Mother Courage and Her... |
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Deformed, the; or, Woman's Trial
...playwrights have had for freaks and disabled people, a fascination still evident in plays such as The Elephant Man, The Miracle Worker, and Children of a Lesser God. The play was revived as late as 1839. |
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Massey, Raymond Hart
...Reluctant Débutante (London, 1955; NY, 1956). Notable later roles were Annie Sullivan in William Gibson's The Miracle Worker (1961), Lady Teazle in Sheridan's The School for Scandal (1962), Jennifer Dubedat in Shaw's The Doctor... |
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Jenkins, George
...the Moon (1945), Lost in the Stars (1949), Bell, Book and Candle (1950), Two for the Seesaw (1958), The Miracle Worker (1959), A Thousand Clowns (1962), Generation (1965), and Sly Fox (1976). |
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Jesus Christ
...of the Jewish religion. In c.ad 29, Jesus and his disciples went to Jerusalem. His reputation as preacher and miracle-worker went before him, and he was acclaimed by the people as the Messiah. A few days later, Jesus gathered his disciples... |
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Royalty Theatre
...auditorium holding 997. It opened in 1960 with Dürrenmatt's The Visit starring the Lunts. After William Gibson's The Miracle Worker in 1961 it became a cinema, but reopened as a live theatre in 1970, the erotic revue Oh! Calcutta! being transferred... |
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Shakerism
...1736–1784).In England, Lee, an illiterate factory worker and visionary, had joined a sectarian community—the...traditions describe her as a powerful charismatic who worked miracles.Following Lee's death, leadership passed first to her... |
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Chemical Industry
...manufactory was owner‐managed, employed eight to twelve workers, and served local markets. Philadelphia, an industry center...chemical and petroleum companies mass‐produced such “miracle” plastics as polyester, polyethylene, polypropylene... |
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backward-sloping supply curve for labour
...European colonial entrepreneurs were dismayed when native workers appeared unresponsive to wage incentives. This behaviour...keeping wage rates down, so preventing idleness and forcing the worker into virtue. Sociological research in developing countries...a positively sloped curve in other ... |
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Ananda Marga
...India in 1955 by Shree Shree Anandamurti, known to his followers as Baba and regarded by them as a thaumaturge or miracle-worker. Imprisoned in India in 1971 on a charge of murder and later released when Indira Gandhi fell from power, Anandamurti... |
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Qādiriy(y)a
...ṭarīqa) founded in the 12th cent. by ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlī, who was revered as a teacher and also as a worker of miracles. His tomb in Baghdad is a place of pilgrimage. The order makes use of music and dance, particularly to encourage trance... |
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aretalogy
aretalogy In NT studies a narrative which is a recital of the qualities or virtues (Greek, aretai) of a worker of miracles, such as Jesus and pagan philosophers like Apollonius of Tyana (d. 98 CE), whose biography was written by Philostratus... |
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Gregory Thaumaturgus, St
...Samosata; he also fought against Sabellianism and Tritheism. The wealth of miracles attributed to him, and to which he owes his surname of Thaumaturgus or wonder-worker, testify to the strength of his character. Only a few of the writings attributed... |
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Honi ha-Meʿaggel
Honi ha-Meʿaggel (1st cent. BCE). A Jewish miracle worker. According to the Talmud, Honi ha-Meʿaggel (‘the circle drawer’) prayed for rain in a time of drought and his prayer... |
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regulation theory
...David M. Gordon,, Richard Edwards,, and and Michael Reich , Segmented Work, Divided Workers: The Historical Transformation of Labour in the United States (1982); and Alain Lipietz , Mirages and Miracles (1987). |
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Jesus
...four high priests called Jesus, and one of Paul's fellow workers was called Jesus Justus (Col. 4: 11). Later the name was dropped for Christians out of...references to the crucifixion, and suggestions in connection with miracles and the resurrection that Jesus was a magician. However... |
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Patrick, St
...authorship of the ancient Irish hymn ‘The Breastplate of St Patrick’ is unlikely. In later legends, he becomes a miracle-worker who drove the snakes out of Ireland. The same legends, concerned to make him the sole ‘apostle of the Irish... |
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Paul of the Cross, St
...honour of the Passion of our Lord; the first house was opened in 1737. He was a celebrated preacher and famous as a miracle-worker and spiritual director. Feast day, 19 Oct. (formerly, 28 Apr.). |
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Victims of the Chilean Miracle: Workers and Neoliberalism in the Pinochet...
...ed., Victims of the Chilean Miracle: Workers and Neoliberalism.in the Pinochet...challenges the myth of the "Chilean miracle" by focusing on the impact that...beneficiaries, of the so-called Chilean miracle. Peter Winn has done an outstanding... |
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In Olney, Multiple 'Miracle' Workers; "The Miracle Worker" Through Sept. 11...
WHO IS THE real "Miracle Worker" at the center of William Gibson...the Helen Keller of the present "Miracle Worker," who also happens to have...making a thematic point about "The Miracle Worker" and Annie Sullivan's initial... |
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Heart Patient on 'Miracle Workers' Dies
...chronicled for ABC's reality series "Miracle Workers," died Wednesday, March 22...chronicled for ABC's reality series "Miracle Workers" died of complications...shown on Monday's episode of "Miracle Workers," with an audience ... |
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CVS/pharmacy Provides Financial Gifts to Cover Pharmaceutical Needs of...
...participation in ABC's new series, "Miracle Workers." The new series is about real...the main sponsor of the show. "Miracle Workers" are a team of doctors...is extremely proud to support 'Miracle Workers.' The mission of ... |
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Miracle Workers.(Television program review)
...and long on "Aw" moments, "Miracle Workers" could be just the cure the doctor...Granted, the producers of "Miracle Workers" have updated their...syrupy "Three Wishes." Still, "Miracle Workers" is a polished product... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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Love, technology are 'Miracle Workers' in ABC series
With a title like "Miracle Workers" (10 p.m. Monday...patients don't get their miracles. In Monday's premiere...nothing less than miracles are expected. But in...heart and root for their miracles to happen. Heritage...tears even before the ... |
 "The Economist (US)")
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Miracle-workers' reward. (Taiwan working class)
...on performing its economic miracle? Obviously not, according...people, of whom 8.3m are workers, already celebrate 17 national...OECD, the average Taiwanese worker toiled for 47.5 hours a...considerably more than those of the workers in other ... |
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Miracle Workers
Miracle Workers AMY TAUBIN ON JIA ZHANG-KE JIA ZHANG...picture poet of the Chinese "economic miracle" and of the alienation, surreal conjunctions...and sledgehammers. China's economic "miracle" requires the destruction of the past... |
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Lawyers tell of $100 payoffs // Two `miracle workers' name 11 judges
A veteran Traffic Court "miracle worker" attorney testified yesterday...another acknowledged "miracle worker," attorney Harry Kleper, 75...Both attorneys were called "miracle workers" for their record of winning cases... |
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Lim calls OFWs 'miracle workers'.(Main News)
...contribution of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in cushioning the impact...their remittances, calling them "miracle workers."During the first Worldwide...buhay you should also be called miracle workers," Lim said.He likewise... |
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