Cain didn't lose heart, and went to Unbound, a crowdfunding based publisher.
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We'll lose heart, we'll cry, we'll feel sad if something doesn't go well.
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Still, the 59 million Latinos living in the U.S. must not lose heart.
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"Even if I go to jail, no one should lose heart," he said.
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I'd spend months to master a technique, only to lose heart and give up.
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I don't want to lose heart in fighting because it's what I like to do.
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She pulls and pulls, as we watch our friends in space start to lose heart.
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"I want to ask Venezuela not to lose heart — fight, take to the streets," he said.
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It will make anyone who believes in the liberalizing promise of higher education quickly lose heart.
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For all his swinging for the fences, Stephens doesn't seem to lose heart when he can't get the knockout.
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This is a real setback for chickens, but people who care about cruelty to chickens should not lose heart.
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We owe it to each other to heed Clarissa Estés' call not to lose heart in shadowy times like these.
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It would be easy to lose heart at the rank nationalism and flagrant racism still on display in our own day.
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The European Union, NATO and nongovernmental organizations must not lose heart over what can be hoped is only a temporary reaction.
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But, if you're worried that your diamond engagement ring is merely the product of a wildly successful ad campaign, don't lose heart.
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There is a real risk that should the economy overheat, bond holders will lose heart and will force long-term interest rates higher.
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Clinton specifically told her supporters not to lose heart and implored them to stand up for democracy both here and abroad, one source added.
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After the Senate confirmed Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, she tweeted to her nearly a million followers to not lose heart.
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She also told her supporters that they can't lose heart and they, too, are going to have to stand up for democracy in this country and abroad.
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If it steps in here — in an unusually aggressive move by Cfius, which normally acts after a proposed deal is filed for review — would deal makers lose heart?
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WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton held back tears on Wednesday as she asked her supporters not to lose heart after a crushing election loss and to continue working for a better country.
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My friends, let us have faith in each other, let us not grow weary and lose heart, for there are more seasons to come and there is more work to do.
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My friends, let us have faith in each other, let us not grow weary and lose heart for there are more seasons to come and there is more work to do.
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Hillary Clinton made her first public appearance since conceding to Mr. Trump, holding back tears as she implored her supporters not to lose heart during a speech at a charity gala.
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"And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart," the page states, quoting Galatians 6:9 from the Bible.
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But Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the younger sister of party president Rahul Gandhi, urged party workers to ignore vote surveys, not lose heart, and to remain vigilant at vote-count centers.
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On Tuesday, the Republican consultant and Trump campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio revealed the results of a survey was ostensibly designed to dispel the notion that the president's base was beginning to lose heart.
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She retweeted herself saying, "Yes!" to a tweet where she wrote, "Scripture tells us: Let us not grow weary in doing good, for in due season, we shall reap, if we do not lose heart."
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Navalny, who had called on voters to boycott the election, urged his supporters not to lose heart and said his campaign had succeeded in lowering the turnout, accusing authorities of being forced to falsify the numbers.
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He conceded his loss on Facebook, writing that he hoped Lam would be "able to bring about a more harmonious future for a better Hong Kong," while urging his supporters to "not lose heart" in the city.
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It's natural to feel edgy, but do not lose heart, for in this desolate week can also come a golden oasis filled with sun, sand, many contemplative photos of the ocean, and at least one obligatory trip to Disneyland.
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I fought too long to end discrimination based on race and color to allow discrimination based on gender identity to be considered acceptable I stand with our transgender service members, and I pray that they will not lose heart.
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Based on Corcoran's equation, here's roughly how much home you can afford if your salary is: While, ideally, you'll be able to make a 20 percent down payment, "if you haven't been able to muster 20 percent together, you shouldn't lose heart," Corcoran tells Make It. Some experts, like Bach, say a down payment of at least 10 percent is OK, though more is always better.
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On the other side, his reputation alone possibly caused some enemies to lose heart during a battle.
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But he did not lose heart and remained true to his perspective, swimming against the current, as it were, lion-heartedly.
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Don't Lose Heart, Suzanne! () is a 1935 German drama film directed by Arzén von Cserépy, and starring Jessie Vihrog, Veit Harlan, and Willi Schur.
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He is ordinarily shy and polite, but always shouts at the top of his lungs on the battlefield so that he will not lose heart. Kamuru has a strong admiration for Elisha.
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Writing to Margaret at the time from Dieppe, he begged her not to lose heart. cites: Paston Letters, ii. 45-6, 93. He was attainted in Edward IV's first parliament in November 1461.
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Roger was also infamous for ruthless sackings and devastation, often driven only by greed and personal advantage. On the other hand, his reputation alone possibly caused some enemies to lose heart during a battle.
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Svetov recognizes Vysotin's victory. The commander appoints Zolotov to his new cruiser. Zolotov takes a part of Vysotin's team. But he does not lose heart and is ready to further work with arrived replenishment.
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Harish begins to script on these events. He motivates Roshini not to lose heart and to stay positive. He eventually falls in love with her. Roshini's father talks to Harish about her cancer and how things took a turn when it was known that she had cancer.
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He was pursued by the imperial army under Mir Jumla. Shuja put up a good fight against them. However, he was finally defeated in the last battle in April 1660. After each defeat, he had to face desertions in his own army, but he did not lose heart.
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In the second half, Germany added a third (Kim Kulig) and England responded with their second (Kelly Smith), but when Grings scored Germany's fourth, England seemed to lose heart, and Germany were able to seal the win with a further two goals (Grings and Prinz getting their second goal each).
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Battle is joined, but just as it seems the army of Gondor will be overwhelmed, the Ring is destroyed, and the forces of Sauron lose heart. Mount Doom erupts, and Sauron's tower, Barad- dûr, collapses, along with the Black Gate. The army of Gondor returns home victorious, the War of the Ring won.
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Krüger was born in 1912. One source says she was born in Cologne while another claims her birth occurred in Berlin on September 11, 1914. Her dramatic success was assigned to the patronage of Joseph Goebbels, which happened after she appeared in the anti- Semitic film Don't Lose Heart, Suzanne! She appeared in twenty more films.
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The Bannatyne manuscript states that the flag was unfurled at the Battle of Bloody Bay in 1480. The manuscript related that during the battle, the clan's chief, William Dubh (c. 1415–1480), was slain, and in consequence his clan began to lose heart. A priest then ordered the flag's bearer, Murcha Breac, to unfurl the Fairy Flag to rally the clan.
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Maximinus' soldiers began to lose heart. In addition to being unsuccessful in battle, their supplies were cut off and soldiers began to starve. Their only source of water was a nearby river, into which the Aquileians had thrown corpses, rendering it unfit to drink. Rumours began to circulate that armies against Maximinus were forming elsewhere and were on their way to fight them.
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It is a love story between Amar, a boy from Imphal and Lakhipyari who is a village girl from a rich family in Lakhipur. Amar grows up in Lakhipur like an orphan. He finally meets his mother but loses his childhood sweetheart Lakhipyari who by then has married another man. Amar does not lose heart and becomes a famous singer.
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Make the fault seem easy to correct. If a desired outcome seems like a momentous task, people will give up and lose heart. But if a fault seems easy to correct, they will readily jump at the opportunity to improve. If we frame objectives as small and easy improvements, we will see dramatic increases in desire and success in our employees.
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Dr. Anand (N. T. Rama Rao) is a well-renowned person in society, he leads a happy family life with his wife Madhavi (Anjali Devi) and two kids. Unfortunately, Madhavi suffers from cancer, but Anand does not lose heart, tries to protect her health and engages himself with hospital and patients. Madhavi feels bad for it and asks him to remarry, but he never agrees.
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Karmay 2014, pp. 417-418 Indeed Lobzang Gyatso noted laconically that since the rebels and officials in the fort were deeply superstitious, they 'accordingly perceived disturbances'.Karmay 2014, p. 430 Superstitious attitudes and spirit-fear may have not only dampened support for the rebels from the people of Tsang and Bhutan but also caused the rebels themselves to lose heart, negotiate and abandon Shigatse fort.
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Arfoma forfeited their match against Parramatta that caused some poor feeling towards the struggling club. By the following week the club had ceased to exist with Sefton putting on the Randwick colours and seeing out the season with them. Rosedale were able to muster 13 men to play their second round match against Strathfield. Within the first few minutes Strathfield began to score freely causing the Rosedale players to lose heart.
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Setting out on their first mission to destroy a Japanese gasoline dump, Madden and his men stumble upon the Bataan Death March and realize that Bataan has fallen. Many of the Filipinos lose heart, so to boost their will to fight, Madden finds and engineers the rescue of Captain Bonifacio from the Death March. Bonifacio happens to be the grandson of Andrés Bonifacio, a national hero. It works.
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As she continues to push herself into finishing the story before Seiji returns, her anxiety mounts and she begins to lose heart. When her story is complete, Shizuku delivers the manuscript to Nishi. After Nishi reads Shizuku's writing and gives her his honest assessment, she breaks down in tears as the stress of the last two months finally turns into relief. Consoling her with udon, Nishi tells Shizuku the real-life story of the Baron.
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Victor the pediatrician arrives on the Black Sea coast. He is finally on the vacation which he has been looking forward to for a long time. There are of course no free rooms in hotels, but the good-natured physician does not lose heart and decides to go camping. At the station, Victor by chance gets acquainted with a pretty woman, Natasha Kostikova, who, along with her young son, Ilya, also came to vacation.
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Dr. Roy did not lose heart but kept submitting his application again and again till the Dean, after 30 admission requests, admitted Bidhan to the college. Bidhan completed his postgraduation in just two years and three months, and in May 1911 accomplished the rare feat of becoming a member of the Royal College of Physicians and a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons simultaneously. He returned home from England in 1911.
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After running out of provisions, Alexa begins to lose heart. They arrive at a nearby mansion and are greeted by its gracious hosts who, hypnotized by Lydia, tell them that they are the mansion's prophesied owners. Taken in by its luxuries, Alexa suggests abandoning their quest and living in the mansion, but Liana insists on helping Melody, driving them apart. Liana and Melody leave and Alexa angrily takes off her necklace, whereupon she is abducted and hypnotized by Lydia.
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On his return to Itakura, Ichi is mobbed, but they stop when some calls him a blind fool and his demeanour changes. He leaves and Chiyo follows him. He says he sensed who she was from the start and she pleads with Ichi to save them. The Itakura villagers had hoped to launch an attack against Gandayu's troops, believing they have nothing to lose, but lose heart when it's learned that he has deployed eight musketeers as part of his force.
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"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith. . . . Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart" (Heb. 12:2, 3, NIV). Truly, Christ "suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps" (1 Peter 2:21; cf. John 13:15)."[Seventh-day Adventists Believe, pg 49-50]"Christ is waiting with longing desire for the manifestation of Himself in His church.
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He placed his infantry in the first line and the cavalry units, including the 9th Texas, in the second line. At this time, Union artillery south of the woods began firing blindly over the trees, causing some casualties. Before launching an attack McCulloch rode into the woods to scout, rode into range of a group of Federal skirmishers, and was shot dead. Fearing that the soldiers might lose heart, McCulloch's staff foolishly did not notify the second-line regimental leaders.
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She now has light perception in her left eye, but nothing more. The 2007 European indoor champion did not lose heart and started a new career as a Paralympic athlete, training for the forthcoming 2012 Summer Paralympics. At the 2012 Italian Paralympic Athletics Championships in Turin she set a new F11 shot put world record with a throw of 13.27 metres. On 8 June, at Memorial Primo Nebiolo in Turin, she improved the world record, three times, to 15.22 m.
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Gideon is one of the first to fall, but he is rescued by Miss Thrush, who hides him from special constables who are searching from house to house. After several unsuccessful attempts at parley with the ironmasters, and the arrival of more soldiers, most of the men and women, who have been marching under a Red Flag, lose heart and start to disperse. Lewis Lewis is arrested. Special constables hold Sun captive in her house until Dic arrives back from Aberdare mountain.
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He told the parishioners not to lose heart in the wake of the atheist persecution, and that one should not expect both an easy life on earth and a reward in heaven. After this sermon, he was de-registered and sent to a monastery, and his superiors said they could do nothing to help because of KGB pressure upon them. He was recommended to get a secular job, because there was no longer any position in the church that would be allowed to him.Pospielovsky (1988), p. 168.
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He published his second collection, A Quinzaine for this Yule, in December 1908. Pound's main poems from A Lume Spento were reprinted in his 1909 collection, Personae; this collection begins with the same motto A Lume Spento ends, "Make strong old dreams lest this our world lose heart". Some more poems were included in later collections. A Lume Spento was first republished in full in 1965, as part of A Lume Spento and Other Early Poems, then again in 1976 as part of Collected Early Poems.
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The Romans made seven attacks, yet they could not break the phalanx, and the battle hung in the air. At one point, the battle became so pitched that Pyrrhus—realizing that if he were to fall in combat, his soldiers would lose heart and run—switched armor with one of his bodyguards. This bodyguard was subsequently killed, and word spread through the ranks that Pyrrhus had fallen. His force began to waver, and the Romans gave a thunderous cheer at the turn of events.
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The house was very well protected by high walls and a number of guards. Both Ajit and Byomkesh then applied for the post of a secretary to Sir Roy but were detected by the latter and thoroughly humiliated. Not one to lose heart, Byomkesh still boasted that he would find and recover the diamond by the end of the week to which the arrogant Sir Roy took immediate offence. Sir Roy then offered to let him search the house for seven days because he was so confident it wouldn't be discovered.
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The Weimar leadership's staunch warnings against revolutionary activities included military intervention if necessary. Troops under the command of General von Seeckt (who was previously identified among the right- wing circles as a possible choice for dictator) were poised and positioned for action. Stern warnings were reiterated by General von Seeckt, prompting the triumvirate of Kahr, Lossow, and Seisser to lose heart, at which point they informed the members of Kampfbund, (which was headed by Hitler) that they would determine when precipitate action would be taken. This did not sit well with Hitler.
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The excellence of Qazi Mian Muhammad Amjad as a great jurist had been widely accepted in his time. He helped the common Muslim not to lose heart in the years of his servitude, poverty and deprivation. He also established a mosque in Naushera; the call for prayers went forth from the minarets five times a day, allegiance was proclaimed to God and Muhammad punctually and persistently. His contribution to the preservation of Islam in the Soon valley in the period of turmoil cannot be forgotten by his people.
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The murderer is quickly revealed. That same evening, the insecure Gogol, brought to tears and impotent rage by the harsh criticism of his first work, Hans Küchelgarten, buys up all the copies of the book and burns them. The next morning Gogol is visited by Guro, who warmly supports him and advises him not to lose heart after his first failed attempt at writing. Guro also expresses his gratitude for Gogol's cooperation, adding that he is going to investigate the mysterious murders of girls in the Poltava province near the small village of Dikanka.
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Publisher's Weekly is critical of the novel, describing the protagonist as "unsympathetic character", which " readers may have [tire] of his self-destructive behavior." Similarly, the L.A Times was critical, saying that in the novel "Allende has thrown away images, style and magic in this new book", when compared to the successful style of The House of the Spirits. The Independent was generally positive about the novel, but concludes that the later parts of the novel, set in the 80s, "lose heart", becoming boring with very little excitement or good charactersizations.
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Death's guise as Harry begins to crumble, but before he disappears he tells David to not lose heart and commit suicide like his uncle did after his wife died. That night, David storms a construction site to build one last sculpture. The workers evacuate and the police surround him, but David refuses to surrender and continues building the entire night. As he completes his sculpture by the morning, a police sniper shoots him and he falls stories to the ground, during which his life flashes before his eyes.
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Midrash Rabbah, Translated into English, vol 1, p. 195. Such proverbs also appear in literary Classical texts from at least the 6th century BC. The Greek dramatist Aeschylus refers to one in his Prometheus Bound, where the chorus comments to the suffering Prometheus, "Like an unskilled doctor, fallen ill, you lose heart and cannot discover by which remedies to cure your own disease."Herbert Weir Smyth, LCL, Theoi Classical Texts Library, lines 473–5. The moral of the proverb in general, containing within itself also a criticism of hypocrisy, is to attend to one's own defects before those in others.
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Baco de la Chapelle stood on a dustcart that he called the 'chariot of victory' to urge the people on, even after he had been wounded in the leg. Poor coordination between the four Vendean armies led by Charette, Bonchamps, Cathelineau and Lyrot hampered the assault, and Cathelineau's forces were delayed in their deployment by fighting along the Erdre river with a Republican battalion. Cathelineau himself was shot at the head of his forces, causing his men to lose heart and retreat; ultimately, the Vendeans were unable to take the city.Chronicle of the French Revolution, Longman 1989 p.
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The leaders of the treason (Franco was not commander- in-chief yet) did not lose heart with the stalemate and apparent failure of the coup. Instead, they initiated a slow and determined war of attrition against the Republican government in Madrid. As a result, an estimated total of half a million people would lose their lives in the war that followed; the number of casualties is actually disputed as some have suggested as many as a million people died. Over the years, historians kept lowering the death figures and modern research concluded that 500,000 deaths were the correct figure.
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Frenc Tal-Gharb had a great devotion towards Our Lady Of Ta' Pinu. Many families visit the Sanctuary to pray for Our Lady’s intercession before leaving to accompany their relatives for medical treatment in England. A blessed copy of the painting of Our Lady of Ta’ Pinu was given to volunteers of "Fondazzjoni Puttinu Cares", in Sutton, England, to encourage the cancer patients not to lose heart and feel the Virgin Mary’s protection during difficult times."The Blessed Virgin of Ta’ Pinu in Sutton, UK", Ta' Pinu National Shrine There is a Ta'Pinu Marian Shrine in Victoria, Australia.
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Schemes Appa Rao (Rajendra Prasad) is intelligent and assists others to purchase household articles in installments and at the same time, gain commission from the businessmen for bringing customers. Once, this Schemes Appa Rao gets cornered by a mischievous girl called Gita (Madhumita), who plays pranks with him. Though the prank troubles him first, the incident bonds them together, who lose heart to each other. When Appa Rao goes to Gita's father Anjaneya Prasad (Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam), who keeps a condition that Appa Rao should build a house first in a year and then only he would allow him to marry his daughter.
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The Arab Legion occupiers had been reinforced by a squadron from 4th Cavalry Brigade's Household Cavalry Regiment and after a sharp battle, the French retreated before an enthusiastic charge by Arab Legion troopers and ended up trapped in a box valley before surrendering. Whilst hardly the largest battle of the war, its effect was to cause the 3rd Light Desert Company which was garrisoning Palmyra, to lose heart and surrender on the night of 2 July. This freed Habforce to move 40 miles west along the pipeline to Homs and threaten the communications of the Vichy forces fighting the Australian 7th Division on the Lebanon coast.
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The rest of the tongawalas ask how will he do this and Shankar tells them his plan to build a road on the path which is 6 miles shorter than the road which leads to the temple. The villagers tell Shankar that he has gone mad and don’t support him with the making of the road and let him do it alone. Shankar, who was determined to make the road, starts to lose heart when he starts to break the road alone. But Rajni joins him in building the road saying that she will always be with him even if the whole world isn’t.
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He orders her not to do anything more to him that will cause him to lose heart and be weak, explaining that a soldier must show no emotion, mercy, or feelings whatsoever. Hans eventually recovers and resumes his "education" in a school classroom, where Hans and the rest of his classmates, all in Hitlerjugend uniforms, give the Hitler salute to portraits of Hitler, Hermann Göring, and Joseph Goebbels. They then watch as the teacher draws a cartoon on the blackboard of a rabbit being eaten by a fox, prompting Hans to feel sorry for the rabbit. The teacher, furious over the remark, orders Hans to sit in the corner wearing a dunce cap.
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The German offensive in June sealed the defeat of the Allies. The best and most modern French armies had been sent north and lost in the resulting encirclement; the French had lost their best heavy weaponry and their best armoured formations. Weygand was faced with a haemorrhage in the front stretching from Sedan to the English Channel, and the French government had begun to lose heart that the Germans could still be defeated, particularly as the remaining British forces were retreating from the battlefield returning to Great Britain, a particularly symbolic event for French morale, intensified by the German anti-British propaganda slogan "The British will fight to the last Frenchman". The Germans renewed their offensive on June 5 on the Somme.
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Aquino blamed the issues experienced by the MRT-3 Metro Rail Transit Corporation, the private corporation tasked to managed elevated rail system. According to Aquino, the contract between the government and the company and a series of temporary restraining orders and arbitration was the reason for the lack of improvement of the rail system. He encouraged the much-criticized Department of Transportation and Communication secretary, Jun Abaya and told him not to lose heart over his critics and praised him for his accomplishments. He highlighted the granting of Category One rating from the United States Federal Aviation Agency, which enables local carrier to create flight routes with locations in the United States and the lifting of a ban over local carriers by the European Union to make flights to its member countries.
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Learning that he is away, she asks the Sanyasi to inform Sadanand that he has helped a woman gone astray to mend her ways and reform and she is leaving the town to live with her son. It is an inspiring film with an absorbing story, with the young protagonist’s role well enacted by child actor Satish Vyas. Nanda does justice to her role as Nandini and so do the actors playing the roles of Sanyasi and Alkaji. Rajendra Kumar is alright in his limited appearance as Masterji. It should be a “must see” for all people, especially youngsters, as it inspires people to be upright and conscientious in performing their duties and not to lose heart when faced with setbacks but to face them with determination and faith in God.
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In broader perspective, the attack was a failure. The lost battleships reflected obsolete doctrine and were not needed; the lost planes were soon replaced; the casualty list was short by World War II standards. Tokyo's calculation that the Americans would lose heart and seek a compromise peace proved wildly wrong—the "sneak attack" electrified public opinion, committing America with near unanimity to a war to the death against the Japanese Empire.Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon, At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor (1982) is one of the best of many booksAlan Zimm, The Attack on Pearl Harbor: Strategy, Combat, Myths, Deceptions (2011) covers the technical details from the Japanese side President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses a joint session of United States Congress on 8 December 1941, asking Congress for a declaration of war.
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The second task of ascetical theology is to point out the dangers which may frustrate the attainment of Christian perfection and to indicate the means by which they can be avoided successfully. The first danger to be noticed is evil concupiscence. A second danger lies in the allurements of the visible creation, which occupy man's heart to the exclusion of the highest good; to the same class belong the enticements of the sinful, corrupt world (1 John 5:19): those men who promulgate vicious and ungodly doctrines and thereby dim or deny man's sublime destiny, or who by perverting ethical concepts and by setting a bad example give a false tendency to man's sensuality. Thirdly, ascetics acquaints not only with the malice of the devil, lest one falls prey to his cunning wiles, but also with his weakness, lest one lose heart.
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On July 26–27 Springsteen compiled a twelve-song album sequence composed of three songs carried over from the 1982 sequence, four from the early 1983 sessions and five from the recent E Street Band sessions. The July 1983 album sequence included "Born in the U.S.A.", "Cynthia", "None But the Brave", "Drop on Down and Cover Me" (not to be confused with "Cover Me", a completely different song recorded a whole year before), "Shut Out the Light", and "Johnny Bye Bye" on side one. Side two had "Sugarland", "My Love Will Not Let You Down", "Follow That Dream", "My Hometown", "Glory Days" and "Janey Don't You Lose Heart". "Drop on Down and Cover Me" remains unreleased, while "Johnny Bye Bye", "Cynthia", and "Shut Out the Light" were released on the Tracks box set, and "None But the Brave" released on disc two of The Essential Bruce Springsteen.
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Vasari, who is generally thought to have known the painting only by repute, said that "the smile was so pleasing that it seemed divine rather than human; and those who saw it were amazed to find that it was as alive as the original." Other characteristics of the painting are the unadorned dress, in which the eyes and hands have no competition from other details; the dramatic landscape background, in which the world seems to be in a state of flux; the subdued colouring; and the extremely smooth nature of the painterly technique, employing oils laid on much like tempera, and blended on the surface so that the brushstrokes are indistinguishable. Vasari expressed the opinion that the manner of painting would make even "the most confident master...despair and lose heart." The perfect state of preservation and the fact that there is no sign of repair or overpainting is rare in a panel painting of this date.
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In fall 623, the Tang general Fu Gongshi, who had served as the deputy of the powerful general Li Fuwei the Prince of Wu as the military governor of the lower Yangtze region, rebelled against Tang rule while Li Fuwei was at Chang'an, declaring himself the Emperor of Song. Emperor Gaozu commissioned Li Xiaogong to attack Fu, again making Li Jing, who was then in charge of the modern Guangdong and Guangxi region, Li Xiaogong's assistant, and also sending other generals Huang Junhan (黃君漢) and Li Shiji to attack Fu from other fronts. Before his army was set to depart Xiang Prefecture, Li Xiaogong held a feast, when, for reasons unexplained, Li Xiaogong's cup, filled with water, suddenly appeared to be filled with blood, which was considered an ill omen and causing the generals at the feast to lose heart. However, Li Xiaogong calmly stated: :Blessings and curses have no firm foundation, and it depends on how you act on them.
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Waugh was negotiating with MGM producer Leon Gordon, a British playwright and screenwriter, and British screenwriter Keith Winter, whom Waugh had previously known in Europe, who was to write the adaptation. Waugh complained that Winter "sees Brideshead purely as a love story", and that no one at MGM was able to grasp the "theological implication" of the novel. MGM abandoned its pursuit of the novel after Waugh explained to Gordon "what Brideshead was about", and he seemed to "lose heart", citing aspects highlighted by the censor. In Hollywood, Waugh enjoyed meeting Charlie Chaplin and Walt Disney ("the two artists of the place") but complained about the accommodations, the quality of food and the lack of wine at meals, the relaxed dress and informal manners, and the small talk of service workers – "the exact opposite of the English custom by which the upper classes are expected to ask personal questions of the lower".
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