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#1 The idea that blending greens and fruit will cause you to have too much sugar, and thereby cause weight gain, is based on a scientific theory that has never been proven. My results show that people who consume the smoothies the way I prescribe them have rapid fat loss, not weight gain.
#2 The theory states that since we have enzymes in our saliva that begins the...
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#1 The Lakota world was a far-reaching territory that was home to the Lakota people. The life path for sons flowed in two directions that were closely linked to each other: every boy grew up to be a hunter and a warrior, a provider and a protector.
#2 The father sang a welcoming song for his new son. The journey began.
#3 The son of Crazy Horse and Rattling Blanket...
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#1 Ideas are the beginning of everything, but they are not the end. Everything that has been created by people started out as an idea, but not everything that has been an idea has been created. Execution is the key to making opportunities valuable.
#2 Opportunities are an extension of the entrepreneur. They are not just waiting around for an enterprising entrepreneur...
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#1 The dictator's approach to exercising power through a combination of bureaucratic institutions and patrimonial power inspired Yoram Gorlizki to coin the phrase neopatrimonial state. Stalin maintained daily, hands-on control over this central node of power.
#2 The Kremlin movie theater was a 7. 5-by-17-meter space with twenty seats, installed in 1934 where Russia's...
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#1 The Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, was the setting for the story. It was a world bustling and tranquil, with a musky sweet-smelling blend of extremes. The sisters, Dora and Claire, were the only unmarried women there.
#2 The sisters, Ethel and Gertrude, had died from scarlet fever when they were young. Their father had died shortly after their mother....
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#1 In the year 699, the Proconsul of Gaul, Gaius Julius Cæsar, turned his attention to Britain. He knew that the island was inhabited by the same type of tribesmen who confronted the Roman arms in Gaul and Germany.
#2 Cæsar was planning on invading Britain, and had sent an officer in a warship to spy out the Island shore. He had concentrated the forces that had defeated the Veneti...
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Original book introduction: This Naked Mind offers a new, positive solution. Here, Annie Grace clearly presents the psychological and neurological components of alcohol use based on the latest science, and reveals the cultural, social, and industry factors that support alcohol dependence in all of us. Packed with surprising insight...
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#1 The purpose of this book is to listen to the many different religions around the world and find common themes. We cannot know for sure whether or not the voices we hear blend in strange, ethereal harmony, but we can listen carefully and with full attention to each voice.
#2 The book does not attempt to give a rounded view of the religions considered. Each host...
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#1 The Tsuchimikado mansion is beautiful in autumn. The voices of the priests who are reciting sūtras all night long are more impressive as they continue throughout the night. The moon has clouded over, darkening the shadows under the trees.
#2 The blending of the incense balls was finished on the twenty-sixth of the ninth month. Her Majesty distributed them to her...
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#1 Tai Chi is a mind-body exercise rooted in multiple Asian traditions, including martial arts, traditional Chinese medicine, and philosophy. It aims to strengthen, relax, and integrate the physical body and mind, enhance the natural flow of Qi, and improve health, personal development, and self-defense.
#2 Tai Chi Chuan is a form of boxing or exercise that is based...
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