"It is important that someone pays homage to that and places her in a state of grace, " he said.

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SIP, meanwhile, may be tempted to bask in a state of government grace.

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He ran down the great wastes of the roaring forties, reaching a state of grace in a world, he felt, with no past or future.

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In practice, that accord precluded the United States from deploying any missile defense of its territory - a state of grace Democratic legislators and operatives were horrified to see President Bush abandon in December 2001 with the formal abrogation of the ABM Treaty and the subsequent installation of interceptors and radars at two sites, one in Alaska and the other in California.

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The artist, who told police he had a "major reputation" for having "some of the best portraits of children in the last 200 years" told the court there was "no shame" in the so-called "state of grace", saying there was a "moral obligation" to capture that.

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