Whenever they need it, they take advantage of the people's pious feelings and attachments.
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So in the infamous words of the GOP's beloved Newt Gingrich: Spare me the pious baloney.
Both she and Brother Jobe were dressed in the severe clothing of the pious.
Both Zawahiri and Imam were pious and high-minded, prideful, and rigid in their views.
Israel's assault on Gaza in late 2008 and early 2009 enraged many of AK's pious supporters.
He said we needed to be pure and pious but was himself quite volatile.
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In European cities with lots of poor, pious Muslim immigrants, municipal politics brings some rum alliances.
On the whole, though, the generals have failed to persuade pious Turks to stop liking Welfare.
It looks like bad karma is finally catching up with pretentious, pious Piers Morgan.
Such talk has boosted his popularity on the Arab street and among pious Turks.
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Little flesh is on show, but the tight outfits suggest that not all veil-wearers are pious.
As Hanssen, he is formidable, saturnine, humorless a pious sadist who likes to put people on the spot.
How did the various players in this strange religious game explain themselves to their own pious subjects?
In the early morning, step outside and join pious locals as they dole out alms to saffron-robed monks.
Janeway's tales of the brave and pious deaths of thirteen Christian boys and girls were nothing if not heartrending.
Irish citizens, including pious ones, will never again treat the church as untouchable.
Granted, customers may be worried by the idea of the marauding megacorp clouding the vision of the small--but pious--retailer.
The Israelis were reeling and squabbling, and all the world did was wring its hands and issue pious pronouncements.
Most of his roles embody pious self-righteousness, and that made watching Washington's searing portrayal of evil incarnate particularly satisfying.
Somebody might be investing in shariah compliant finance to be a pious Muslim.
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The pious hope of this newspaper that America's president might fill the gap was confounded too (see article).
Party officials argued that pious citizens had the right to affordable leisure space that did not offend their values.
Arabs are not becoming less pious, but the pious are beginning to question the point of participating in politics.
It suits the investors too, because it seems to be a safe, as well as pious, way to invest.
Turkey's pious producers like the bits in the Koran that favour honest trading.
However pious the agenda, the day wasn't totally free of political subtext.
By disqualifying openly pious politicians like Mr Erdogan, the generals risk strengthening the very enemies they are eager to destroy.
Pious Turks were incensed by scenes of Suleiman lusting over his most coveted queen, Roxelana, and drinking goblets of wine.
What it does have is Microsoft's Windows CE, and that alone should be prompting Chinese to question Gates' pious enthusiasm.
Life was ruled by pressure from the Roman Catholic Church, and women were expected to conform, and be pious and obedient.
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