But one auspicious omen appears in the graphic sidebar accompanying the article. |
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Under the violent rain whose splashes make them almost invisible, the ornamental fish of auspicious omen turn slowly in their pools. |
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None of these offers an auspicious precedent or any clear parallel for introducing a flat tax to a mature economy. |
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The start was not auspicious as an earlier thunderstorm had given way to threatening clouds. |
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A tiebreaker in the fifth game was an auspicious ending to the inaugural Howe Cup doubles championship. |
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The form is often associated with wandering mendicants, who sing at festivals and other auspicious occasions. |
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Mahinda is waiting for the auspicious time to speak about his vision, not that he has a frog in his throat. |
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There are six other tirthas in India, but none as powerful and auspicious as this. |
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On auspicious days, such as today, they make sweet vermicelli, known as sev. |
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After an auspicious debut this time last year, the Pop Montreal festival returns with more shows than you can shake a stick at. |
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Meriwether Lewis's first taste of Pacific salmon, offered by a Shoshone warrior on an August evening in 1805, was doubly auspicious. |
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An absolutely auspicious week for some serious concentrating on what it is you most truly madly deeply want this year. |
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Special paintings were made for almost all the rooms in a household, even chicken sheds and pigsties were hung with auspicious pictures. |
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These kindly gentlemen sometimes have other children waiting to be graded and, understandably, wish to see auspicious outcomes. |
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And it's not an auspicious debut for Cohn, who was hand-picked by old pal editor John Carroll. |
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Tigers, lions and elephants are regarded as auspicious animals and appear on paintings and frescoes. |
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He also pooh-poohs the idea of auspicious days for starting house construction. |
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The 10 of Pentacles is one of the most auspicious cards in the Tarot deck, besides World. |
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An astrologer will be consulted to choose an auspicious date for these ceremonies. |
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Astrologers understand destiny so they are consulted to establish auspicious dates for important activities. |
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Most festivals are held on astrologically auspicious times for a particular deity in the same zodiac sign of the Sun each year. |
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Its director, Guka Omarova, makes an auspicious debut with this taut, raw, poetic drama. |
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Then the inevitable and auspicious slice of baklava, flaky and honeyed, which brings to mind ancient pleasures, Biblical decadence. |
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He only took up donning the white overcoat and cap by chance, and after a less than auspicious start he has grown into the role. |
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It was the end of an auspicious era for one of Scotland's most successful, if unheralded, sportsmen. |
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These are not auspicious conditions either for future sales or the supply of ambitious workers. |
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While all wait for the auspicious moment to tie the knot, these bureaus are always on the move. |
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Okay, so my career as a domestic goddess didn't get off to such an auspicious start. |
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At the auspicious moment the dignitaries press the button to officially launch the plant. |
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It was a sweltering spring bank holiday, and he had not had long to prepare for such an auspicious moment. |
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The astronomers' observations were used to divine auspicious moments for many different kinds of activity, from farming to warfare. |
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That revolutionary dawn proved less than auspicious after many Frenchmen died under the blade of the guillotine. |
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So maybe this isn't the most auspicious moment for trying to get everybody to get along. |
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Your mail comes at a most auspicious moment, and the precise nature of your inquiry saves me from the rigmarole of empty theory. |
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Timing is terribly important in the book trade and the publishers might have chosen to hold it back until a more auspicious moment. |
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His brother sent out printed wedding invitations with the auspicious swastika symbol. |
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It comes into my life at an auspicious moment, as I will be hitting the road on Sunday. |
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An auspicious sign of record label interest might be when the company boss starts offering to carry your gear. |
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The patterns displayed the dragon, the phoenix, cranes and magpies, all auspicious animals representing nobility, luck, fortune and longevity. |
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As they have done each and every year, Pattaya's city administration and private sector organized a festival for the auspicious occasion. |
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Despite its auspicious and promising beginning, the Public Broadcasting Service largely has failed its congressional mandate. |
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His auspicious debut might have given him the leverage to realize some of his grander plans. |
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It was certainly an auspicious start, and most merchants are hopeful that the worst is behind them, and that there will be better days ahead. |
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The story said that fire was the auspicious element responsible for the success of the Han Dynasty. |
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I do think it is an auspicious sign that women can vote and run for office. |
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Such timely rainfall is considered very auspicious in our religious tradition. |
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You go to a fortune teller who decides on a more lucky or more auspicious name and has it engraved on your spoon. |
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Guests are greeted with an oversized image of the moon maiden and tables have an infusion of auspicious red for linen. |
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The omens look auspicious for Ainslie to repeat his 2000 success and inspire a British gold haul. |
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But auspicious beginnings are not always reliable predictors of sustained success. |
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Nine monks then performed the prayers and chants which continued the ritual and sanctified this auspicious occasion. |
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A mahurat or auspicious time is chosen for the puja after matching the horoscopes of the prospective bride and groom. |
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After which came bewitchingly beautiful nymphs, intoxicating drinks, great and speedy horse, auspicious elephant, wish granting trees etc. |
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As mum and dad took photographs or recorded the auspicious moment on the camcorder, the youngsters played happily and tentative new friendships were formed. |
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The timing is auspicious for such a move with the Tiananmen anniversary fast approaching. |
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It was an auspicious time for a 21-year-old woman to publicly document her sexual escapades and humiliations. |
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That heritage is probably just as auspicious as is proprietorship of The Tonight Show. |
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The lunar calendar and almanacs are also used to determine auspicious and inauspicious days for doing various endeavors, from starting a business, to getting married. |
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The Dallas Stars sent their 33-year-old left-winger to the Phoenix Coyotes for a 37-year-old right-winger in an auspicious transaction for the Stars. |
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The sea bream, or tai in Japanese, carries auspicious connotations because of the phonetic association of its name with the Japanese word for congratulations. |
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It was not an auspicious moment to make their dream a reality. |
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Destiny plays a significant role at this point as the right people and opportunities come at an auspicious time when you are ready to take them on. |
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Because he sensed this was an auspicious moment, my father came around to the front entrance of the house, and my mother, who was in the courtyard, heard him enter. |
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For Hindus, it is important that a child be born at an auspicious time. |
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The banana is an auspicious plant in India, a sign of prosperity and fertility, and occupies a prominent part in the traditional decorations in any function. |
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The priests in Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, climbed to the top of their sky watchers' temple on the Hill of the Star to witness this auspicious sign. |
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The facts on the ground are anything but auspicious for America injecting itself into an intra-Arab morass. |
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The facts on the ground are anything but auspicious for America injecting itself into an intra-Arab morass, writes Lloyd Green. |
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To these votaries, he is variously the perennial storyteller, the kindly sage, the gentle teacher, the maker of auspicious symbols, and the peripatetic gardener of images. |
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The most auspicious moment to work with unwed fathers, says Horn, is around the time of the birth of their children, when almost half are cohabiting with the mothers. |
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This find spot lay within the study area defined for the 1997 survey, and certainly provided an encouraging and auspicious start to the year's work. |
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It was the custom for the Englishmen to bring auspicious gifts, like areca-nuts and saffron, as well as bills and bullion. |
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September 14, regarded by many in the industry as an auspicious date, is when divers return to shore, many overcome with jubilance. |
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This is a fine tenor voice, well accompanied by Alexander Soddy, and an auspicious release. |
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The tradition of wearing silk sarees for marriages and other auspicious ceremonies is a custom in Assam and southern parts of India. |
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Last year, there were more than 42,600 live births, boosted by the auspicious Dragon Year. |
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Buddhist lore in Sri Lanka claims that this flower was one of the 108 auspicious signs found on Prince Siddhartha's footprint. |
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Elizabeth I consulted her astrologer, John Dee, before deciding on an auspicious date. |
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The auspicious occasion will be celebrated on the ninth day of Chaitra month in the Hindu lunar calendar. |
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In this auspicious debut, he brings a distinctive clarity to a nettlesome subject. |
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Mind you, sithee, it might be worth pointing out on this auspicious date that Yorkshire continues to prove its superiority. |
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In Hong Kong, she notes, choosing a location and an auspicious date for a business to open through a feng shui expert, a geomancer, is practically mandatory. |
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I dedicate the auspicious day of Eid to all the valiant soldiers, who are waging a battle to rid Waziristan of terrorism and all the internally displaced persons. |
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For this auspicious event, Bomber Ski will be launching an exhibition booth at the base of the Birds of Prey run at the Flight Deck at the Red Tail Finish Stadium. |
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Swastika' came from the Sanskrit word 'Svastika' meaning any lucky or auspicious object, in particular a mark made on persons and things to denote auspiciousness. |
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Logologists and numerologists should welcome 2011 as an interesting year, aside from its containing four auspicious dates, as pointed out in last month's Kickshaws. |
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This January 5th meeting marked an auspicious beginning to the New Year for staff of the various federal agencies supporting the new Reentry Council. |
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It was an auspicious choice for Northeast, because he was a lover of the arts, a versatile and competent talent, with a deep interest in the New World. |
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The number 4 was an auspicious association for treasure ships. |
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If Du Bois's first appearance in Fauset's fiction is less than auspicious for someone who had a future as a priapic adulterer, the record gets corrected in Plum Bun. |
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