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  • Aside from the Indian "devi" we already know Hathor's menat necklace, menat offerings and the expository ritual framework of senet are conjoined in a way that suggest "chess".

    Archive 2008-10-01 Jan 2008

  • Aside from the Indian "devi" we already know Hathor's menat necklace, menat offerings and the expository ritual framework of senet are conjoined in a way that suggest "chess".

    Disagreement Behind the Scenes Jan 2008

  • Soon, he was dragged to the nearby Patakhanda temple and made to prostrate before the statue of a 'devi'.

    The Times of India 2008

  • (Mayawati) in the last few years has done a lot for the poor and downtrodden, who in turn would enable her to acquire the status of a 'devi' (goddess) in near future. "

    The Times of India 2009

  • (Mayawati) in the last few years has done a lot for the poor and downtrodden, that in turn would enable her to acquire the status of a 'devi' (goddess) in near future. "

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • Corp., and last year grabbed 19% of the world market for the do-everything devi ces, according to the research firm Strategy Analytics.

    RIM Tests A Tablet And New BlackBerry to Rival iPhone 2010

  • The novels and essays she wrote in the 1960s and later, which nostalgically recall the events of her life in various locations, include Mai devi domandarmi (You Must Never Ask Me, 1970), Vita Immaginaria (Imaginary Life, 1974) and Famiglia (Family, 1977).

    Natalia Ginzburg. 2009

  • Tourists/pilgrims reaching Jammu enroute Mata Vaishno devi shrine and other tourist destinations faced many hardships in the absence of transport services.

    Peaceful and total shut down in Jammu region on Central University issue 2009

  • Renuka or Yellamma is worshiped as the goddess devi of the fallen, in the Hindu pantheon.

    Archive 2009-08-01 photographerno1 2009

  • With each step they amass another layer, and then another, and though he tries to shake them free, the stuff clings like down, soft and fluffy yet as tenacious as the barbs that filled his roughquilted childhood — auger, transfuck, mulac, devi, freak.

    Corvus 2009

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