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For something to be deemed a miracle it typically requires an act seen to be beyond what is possible in nature - such as through the sudden healing of a person deemed to be near-death.

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A major question is whether Trump will direct McMahon to move forward on his desire to weaken the Education Department — or eliminate it — which would require an act of Congress.

That episode has many scientists and environmental advocates fearing “an act two which really escalates the tactics,” says environmental epidemiologist Tom Burke of Johns Hopkins University, who was EPA’s science adviser during the last 2 years of former President Barack Obama’s administration.

Germany’s defense minister on Tuesday called the severing of two fiber-optic cables in the Baltic Sea an act of sabotage aimed at European countries that are supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia.

He framed humor as an act of self-aggrandizement premised on the debasement of others.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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