Could it be that Mr Castro had a Damascene conversion when he recently met the pope in Rome?

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Would this be a journey of personal discovery - or even something Damascene - was the question asked throughout.

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You can sit at intricately inlaid Damascene tables or recline on divans in front of engraved copper trays, in a room filled with antique books and Ottoman lamps.

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Sitting in Santa Fe's remarkably informal Roundhouse, as the state capitol is nicknamed in homage to old Navajo hogans, she describes her conversion to Republicanism as a Damascene moment.

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This year marked the end of my Damascene conversion.

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One of the leaders of the abstention movement is Chris Raine, an affable 26-year-old former public school boy, who sold bootlegged liquor in his school dormitory before a damascene moment about his own drinking led him to start Hello Sunday Morning (HSM), a charity that encourages people to take a break from booze for between three and 12 months, and blog about it.

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