Always curious, Alexander invited the holy man to travel with him and explain his beliefs.

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When the peasant confronts the priest, the holy man insists that he was simply eating dinner with the woman.

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The cleric said he asked "politely, " but the girl's angry reaction and some pugilistic double-teaming with her friend landed the holy man in the hospital, according to an account Monday in the semiofficial Mehr News Agency.

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"He'll be a welcome guest in the Holy Land, as a man of inspiration that can add to the attempt to bring peace in a stormy area, " said Peres.

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Bruce's Obi-Wanish trainer, a man named Ducas who is played by Liam Neeson, peddles self-realization nostrums like a cross between Cecil Humphreys's holy man in "The Razor's Edge" and Doctor Phil.

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Frances McHugh, 67, a retired secretary from Shirley, Birmingham, and a parishioner at Our Lady of the Wayside Church described the pontiff as "a very holy man", adding that "it is lovely to see him in this country".

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If Sony can earn blockbuster-style box office with the new Spider-Man at a much lower budget, it will have discovered the Hollywood version of the Holy Grail.

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If the party feels it is too soon to abandon hope that co-operation with Mr Blair can deliver the holy grail of electoral reform, Ming might be their man.

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As a young man, I take the commitment to follow the steps of the Holy Father Pope John Paul II.

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