Armed with such evidence, the Islamists then strive to persuade their heretofore peaceable and tolerant co-religionists that there is no choice but to subscribe to the most virulently intolerant interpretations of the Koran - and to join in a divinely ordered violent struggle (jihad) intended to subjugate "infidel" nations and populations.

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And all this is a nice reminder that the rent-versus-own ratio and its divinely inspired cousin, the capitalization rate, is perhaps the most important calculation you should make in your financial life.

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Another cool thing about da Vinci: He was a man of intrigue, ensconced in secret societies, his paternity unresolved (he was born out of wedlock), perhaps divinely inspired as he clashed with the Roman Catholic Church a man who seemed to defy the confinements of any simple narrative.

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The coastal cliffs are home to a mind-boggling array of seabirds, including the ultimate crowd-pleasers: the divinely comedic puffins that arrive for the breeding season in April and depart for warmer climes in mid-August.

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The presence of light-struck wash drawings of cloud-borne figures and angels by Giambattista Tiepolo proposes a reading of Degas's aerialist as a modern-day, secular version of such imagery, clearly suspended from her clenched jaw, not divinely supported.

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