He sees a patient whose peculiar symptoms do not conform to any known disease, but before he has a chance to diagnose the man's ailment, the patient dies in a fire.

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Peculiar to Shia Islam, the sigeh is a contract between a man (who can be married) and a woman (who cannot she is usually divorced) for a union with a defined time limit, perhaps 99 years, perhaps 30 minutes.

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They cannot suffer when paid in the best money known to man, but are the peculiar and most defenseless victims of a debased and fluctuating currency, which offers continual profits to the money changer at their cost.

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