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...What happens when a not-so-lucky man happens upon a brass bottle releases the djinni caught within? Misunderstanding, culture shock, hilarity, among other things. Will the well-intentioned djinni help his new master? Or will he makes things even worse? (Summary by Guero)...

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...how powerful a hold does religion have? Are you confused about religious ambiguity, love of money, love of power, sexual immorality, art? Reading The Brass Bed and other Stories may help, then again it may just raise more questions....

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...Based in Crozet, Virginia, Greer's Disclosure Project has convinced hundreds of insiders, including military brass and CIA ops, to defy nondisclosure pacts. They've coughed up documents (some still classified) and signed testimonials. Greer's got it all -- in fact, he gave Peter Jennings's producers access to these bombshell revelat...

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... felt as we feel (And who denies their human lives?) Then we can never really know Except for fictions left behind What makes a mind as bright as brass And our life seem as clear as glass. -- From "Little Known Facts"...

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...d Brett through the ranks and then those variables that appeared to block his further advancement....As much as studies of commanders who grabbed the brass ring, this examination of George H. Brett adds insight into the makings of effective leadership and successful command....

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...Mrs. Tibbs was, decidedly, the neatest in all Great Coram-street. The area and the area-steps, and the street-door and the street-door steps, and the brass handle, and the door-plate, and the knocker, and the fan-light, were all as clean and bright, as indefatigable white-washing, and hearth-stoning, and scrubbing and rubbing, could make them....

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...and the area-steps, and the street-door and the street-door steps, and the brass handle, and the door-plate, and the knocker, and the fan-light, were ... ...ning, and scrubbing and rubbing, could make them. The wonder was, that the brass door-plate, with the interesting in- scription ‘Mrs. Tibbs,’ had neve... ...t looked so knowing, with the front garden, and the green railings and the brass knocker, and all that—I really thought it was a cut above me. ’ ‘Don’... ..., Mr. Minns found himself opposite a yellow brick house with a green door, brass knocker, and door-plate, green window-frames and ditto railings, with... ...on stockings and high-lows, who, after hanging his hat on one of the dozen brass pegs which ornamented the pas- sage, denominated by courtesy ‘The Hal... ...ther, like a ‘Jack-in-the-green,’ on May-day, set- ting to the lady with a brass ladle. ‘For Heaven’s sake, where am I to sit?’ inquired the miserable... ...s come in with large cotton umbrellas, without a handle at the top, or the brass spike at the bottom?’ ‘Why, sir, ’ returned Dumps, as he heard the cl...

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... with letters and papers. Behind this figure glowed a vast fireplace alive with leaping flames; great logs of oak blazed and crackled on the polished brass andirons whose flicker shone upon the superb habiliments of the lonely tenant of the room, which was illumined grandly by twin candelabra rich with wax-lights....

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...nds, leaning over a gilt and inlaid table which was covered with letters and papers. Behind this figure glowed a vast fireplace alive with leaping fla...

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...mpsed a comfortable, largish room with polished mahogany furniture, chintz hangings and sparkling brass fittings. ‘We will be dining with the captai... ...m a central point in the ceiling, to ward off the ubiquitous mosquitoes. Its four feet rested in brass bowls of water to deter snakes, she had been ... ... new mistress. It was late afternoon and Helen decided to pick some blooms for the tall Benares brass vase in the Hall. There seemed to be a dearth... ...s of this vast hall stood a pair of magnificent elephant tusks formed into an arch and mounted on brass stands. From the centre of each arch was sus... ...hop was a slice of Devon set in the foothills of the Himalayas. It had low wooden beams, gleaming brassware and fresh flowers on the net - curtained... ... The old woman returned with freshly baked, large, Chappatis breads, a bowl of curried goat and a brass jug of water. Helen rolled some of the curry... ...ill be avenged!’ The music - the clash of cymbals, the beat of tablas and the clinking sound of brass anklets and bracelets worn by Indian dancing ... ...f a rebellious Maratha Maharaja, marched into Mirapore, bringing with them the Indian ruler’s big brass 18 and 24 pounder cannon and more muskets. ... ...to have the desired effect on the rebels, when the British guns took their toll. The Maharajah’s brass cannon were now pounding away at the walls b...

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...w with her fingers, closed her eyes and willed him to feel her through the brass and silver inlay. The jug trembled between her legs, vibrating agains... ...he sight of the jewelry resting against the satin insides. A square medal, brass covered in silver inlay with an inscription in a calligraphic script ... ... was so sufficiently neutral and indefinable—to go with her looks—that the brass at TIHAM had had no choice but to choose her, the most qualified fema... ... multifaceted body, expecting to be burned, shocked when her palm met cool brass. She peeked in the mouth as she righted the ewer then set it on the c... ...g her instincts that had commanded her to mosey on over. Darius opened the brass and silver inlay door of his loft space and another reason suddenly s... ...oft on numerous occasions for a couple of different affairs for the museum brass. But she had never been struck before now by how forbidding and forbi... ...chen's swinging doors and made a beeline for the mahogany credenza where a brass-framed 4X6-color photo of her and Jury stood. Kane picked up the pict... ...to her handle first. She grasped it, fingers curving around the silver and brass inlay, shocked by the sword's solid heaviness since it looked so peti...

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...e opened thousands in the most sacred temples, gold skeleton keys lay beside brass padlocks of eternal light. Opening doors to a sky of sleeping stars...

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... - J.Cross/Stone 11 CHAPTER 3 Senator Simon Kensey rapped the brass lion’s head knocker on Susannah York-Stone’s front d... ...ked up a flight of stairs between the columns to a set of huge double doors, and rapped a brass lion’s head knocker, and waited. An elderly man dr... ...walked down the broad, rose-colored hallway until he came to a mahogany door with a small brass plate that read, “Professor Zlatamir.” He entered in... ...he day before yesterday, and hunger was tearing at his insides. After knocking with the brass lion’s head, the door opened with Jonesy, the butler ... ...up a flight of stairs to small landing and pushed a black button recessed into a corroded brass circular ornament in the form of a small wreath. A... ...e cooperative, that is if she were in fact just an innocent bystander. Brand rapped the brass knocker, it was just after noon, and she was probably... ...and started to laugh within himself as he imagined the looks on their faces when the ‘Top Brass’ arrived at work that morning. Scared people panic...

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...Roman caldariums. This bath is based on the design,” he said, moving a few brass knobs. Steaming water issued into the deep basin, to which he adde... ... water issued into the deep basin, to which he added a dollop of oil from a brass amphora. “Sandalwood,” he explained, as the scented steam rose to ... ...nger process. “Would you let me, please?” Erik said as I started to pull the brass tub into the parlor before the fireplace. He lifted it easily, an...

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...age’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and thighs of brass, his legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of c... ... that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, a... ...the second kingdom should be of silver, and therefore less than the former. The third of brass, which should command the earth, and the fourth of iro... ...d after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. And the four... ...symbolized by gold. The third kingdom figured in the statue, by the belly and thighs of brass, they would have to be that of the Greeks, founded by ... ...d, we shall examine more in detail, the distinctive peculiarity of the third kingdom of brass, and submit to any one who will give us a more pointed... ...ne was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath... ...ving at liberty even the isles of the sea. Consider the very metal which represents it, brass not only hard and most strong, but sonorous withal: bec... ... sound and echo of its name. The Prophet speaks of the third kingdom, that it should be brass even to the thighs, the belly and thighs of brass: anot...

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...ew your work, till it be perfectly like to gold. IRON CHANGED INTO BRASS.—It is reported that in the Mountain Carpatusan, Hill of Panno...

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...of the Gestapo, Amt IV. Mum’s the word, if you value your life.” He knuckled the brass door and it was instantly flung open by two sentries. “N...

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...pure gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass, its shins of iron, and its feet part iron and part clay” (Daniel, 2... ... and its arms of silver (the second Kingdom), its belly and its thighs of brass (the third Kingdom), its shins of iron, its feet part iron and part ... ...ich will be, as the prophet said: “Then, at once, the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold all crumbled to pieces and became like the...

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...n it, or any one of the prophets of God? Is this heaven haply solid like molten brass? Is it a liquid like some fused metal which yields to the acti...

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... 62: Sin of Self-Love Possesseth All Mine Eye 63: Against My Love Shall Be As I Am Now 64: When I Have Seen by Time's Fell Hand Defaced 65: Since Brass Nor Stone Nor Earth Nor Boundless Sea 66: Tired with All These for Restful Death I Cry 67: Ah Wherefore with Infection Should He Live 68: Thus Is His Cheek the Map of Days Outworn 69: Those Parts of Thee That the Wo...

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...oaching waiter. Instead he leaned forward on the table. “So you have what we need?” The flapper reached into her purse and produced a set of large brass keys, the sort used for large brass padlocks. She covertly placed them on the table. Mack swept them inside his jacket. The flapper leaned back again. “Those are from a security guard at the airfield. He’s sweet on o...

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...ath. Gnani Purush is the only one circumstance, main instrument, who can make one attain pure Soul and renounce ego & my-ness. If a mixture of copper-brass-silver is mixed with gold then only a goldsmith can separate it. Similarly only a Gnani Purush who knows intrinsic properties of Self & Non-Self, can separate Self from Non-Self. In this era of time cycle, where there i...