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Merry Christmas.


Merry Christmas to all who were in the way of Alex, Bonnie, Charley, Danielle, Earl, Frances, Gaston, Hermine, Ivan, and Jeanne. May calmness follow these difficult winds of change for you.

To Martha Stewart <noinclude></noinclude>

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Confined to one's home, as by illness.


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 now, merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas to the New England Patriots Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled until (UTC) due to vandalism.  and all who kept abreast of the Super Bowl gala.

To people whose parishes have been closed or reconfigured, merry Christmas. Catholics of Boston, another tea party?

Merry Christmas to all children left behind.

To Vladimir Putin, merry Christmas. Should iron hands In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000, the Iron Hands are one of the initial Space Marine Legions. Although unwavering in their faith towards the God-Emperor, they also believe that human flesh is weak and corruptible, and strive to replace their bodies with 'pure'  be sheathed in velvet having a coating of velvet over the antlers; in the annual stage where the antlers are still growing; - of deer.

See also: Velvet
 gloves?

Merry Christmas to the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon and the Diocese of Tucson, Arizona, both in bankruptcy. So what happens to the Christmas collections?

Merry Christmas to all who were a part of D-Day, 60 years ago. Remember what the "D" in D-Day stands for?

Merry Christmas to the people of Haiti, to their exiled, duly-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and to their famous friend buried in New York's St. Patrick Cathedral, Pierre Toussaint.

To Smarty Jones, double but not Triple Crown winner.

Happy holidays to people on both sides of Israel's wall. Sorry, Robert Frost, but good fences do not make good neighbors.

To Joseph M. Darby, who blew the whistle on the goings-on in Abu Ghraib Prison The Abu Ghraib prison (Arabic: سجن أبو غريب; also Abu Ghurayb) is in Abu Ghraib, an Iraqi city 32 km (20 mi) west of Baghdad. , and to Tami Silicio, who photographed 21 coffins on a plane coming home from Iraq. Little people do make a difference.

To all who made the mission to Mars successful, to the rovers--Opportunity and Spirit--that checked things out there, and to the possible forms of intelligent life in the universe.

Merry Christmas to all who voted in November, to all who ran, both winners and losers.

To the faithful who have been threatened with withholding Communion, merry Christmas. Your faith will save you.

Merry Christmas to all hockey players and fans. What are you doing with your extra time?

Merry Christmas to the peoples of Africa, who suffer plenty in a world of plenty. Let's right this wrong.

To all the athletes who competed in Athens and all who watched them around the world.

Merry Christmas to Justice Anne Burke, interim chair of the bishops' National Review Board on sex abuse, who called into question "business as usual" by bishops trying to scuttle their work.

To Denys Arcand, director of the best Jesus film ever made, Jesus of Montreal.

Merry Christmas to the people of Saginaw, Michigan, who celebrate this season remembering their late bishop, Kenneth Untener.

And to Michael Moore, director of Fahrenheit 9/11, merry Christmas. You redefined the word documentary and knocked juggernaut jingoism jingoism (jĭng`gōĭzəm), advocacy of a policy of aggressive nationalism. The term was first used in connection with certain British politicians who sought to bring England into the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) on the side of the  for a loop.

PETER GILMOUR (Pgilmou@wpo.it.luc.edu) teaches at the Institute of Pastoral Studies of Loyola University Chicago Beginnings and expansions
Founded in 1870 as the St Ignatius College on Chicago's West Side. In 1908 the School of Law was established as the first of the professional programs.
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Title Annotation:Odds & Ends
Author:Gilmour, Peter
Publication:U.S. Catholic
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Dec 1, 2004
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