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These sexual, earthy, animal-human deities really were opposed to everything the early Christians venerated as holy.

This slot harks back to what Walters is most celebrated and venerated for—her interviews.

Lionel Trilling routinely hailed Hemingway and Faulkner, F.R. Leavis venerated D.H. Lawrence.

The venerated film critic passed away Thursday at age 70, after more than 45 years of reviewing movies for the Chicago Sun-Times.

Does that mean the venerated liberal magazine will turn into a pro-Obama vehicle?

And perhaps Jane venerated him still more for his more stern and unimaginative philosophy.

These martyrs are still tolerably venerated by the people; however, there are at the present time but a few more remaining.

Not far from this is the monument of Nizam-ul-din, a very sacred and greatly venerated Mahomedan.

He has been venerated for more than two thousand years as a teacher of wisdom, and as a martyr for the truths he taught.

His scepticism was universal, and extended to religion, to philosophy, and to everything venerated and ancient.