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ĀḻVārs Summary
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ĀḺVĀRS. The Āḻvārs are a group of Hindu religious poets of South India. Their name in Tamil means "sages" or "saints." As devotees of Māl, a deity who combines attributes of...
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The Alvars (Tamil: ஆழ்வார்கள்) (aːɻʋaːr) were twelve Vaishnava saints, who, during the early medieval period of Tamil history (between the seventh and the tenth centuries CE), helped revive devotional Hinduism (bhakti) through...


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3 out of 10 young Brazilians do not use contraceptives, survey shows
2/6/2007: 278 words, approx. 1 pages
Nearly a third of young Brazilians did not use a condom the last time they had sex because one was not available or they could not afford one, according to a Health Ministry study released Tuesday.The study "is a portrait of the situation of an...
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Brazil handing out 10 million condoms ahead of Carnival
2/11/2007: 305 words, approx. 1 pages
Brazil's Health Ministry will distribute 10 million condoms ahead of Carnival _ a period of wild partying and lowered inhibitions _ in an effort to fight AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases in Latin America's largest country, the official government news agency said Sunday.The AIDS...
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Architecture, Power, Gossip: Building Blocks of a Good Read
11/6/2005: 1,233 words, approx. 4 pages
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And yet, what with anti-smoking laws, Bill and Monica’s kinky caper and a universal disinclination to call a spade a spade, the phallic interpretation is still going strong. We’re deeper than ever in Freud’s debt. In fact, this...
 


 

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