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  • Obama's Policy Advisors Are "Devotees" of Behavioral Economics: In Greensboro, NC, teenage mothers are paid $1 a day by the city if they don't get pregnant.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Yeah, the article is another exhibition of the patronising attitude being exhibited towards "Devotees" who lack reading skills and may not be able to grasp the subtlety of thought weaved by this biography.

    Kepler disappoints Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • Devotees of Santa Muerte crawl on their knees to altars as a pilgrimage, to make offerings and gain her favor. freemachine

    Breaking Bad Returns Tonight with a Dark-as-Ever Episode | /Film 2010

  • Devotees of the Baroque period of art will be interested to know that the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England are presently hosting an exhibition, Baroque 1620-1800: Style in the Age of Magnificence.

    Victoria and Albert: Baroque Splendour 2009

  • Divyakant Solanki/European Pressphoto Agency Devotees carried an idol of elephant-headed Hindu Lord Ganesh for immersion into the sea as part of a ritual during Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in Mumbai, Tuesday.

    India in Pictures 2011

  • Bela Szandelszky/Associated Press Devotees carried holy statues of Krishna and his companion Radha, Tuesday.

    Hungary's Krishna Valley 2011

  • Sajjad Hussain/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Devotees flock to the holy cave to pay homage to an ice stalagmite associated with the Hindu God Shiva.

    Pilgrims Head to Amarnath 2011

  • Getty Images Preparation for the Thaipusam procession on Feb. 7 in Singapore: Devotees pray and make vows, and when the prayers are answered they fulfill the vows by piercing parts of their body and then walking a four-kilometer route bearing a metallic frame called a 'kavadi.'

    Southeast Asia in Pictures 2012

  • Devotees of "enlightenment," they associated with the brightest stars in Scotland's philosophical firmament, including Adam Smith and David Hume.

    From Scotland To the World Jeffrey Collins 2011

  • Channi Anand/Associated Press Devotees whirled their heads to the beat of drums as a ritualistic performance during the annual Jhiri Fair in Jhiri village near the northern Indian city of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, Thursday.

    India in Pictures 2011

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