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  • Ward while Bob Sura is sidelined with a back injury, collected seven assists.

    USATODAY.com 2004

  • Golden State Warriors -- Acquired guard Bob Sura from the Cleveland

    Transactions 2000

  • 3 The following transfer of this Sura from the Arabic into the corresponding

    The Koran (Al-Qur'an) 1854

  • 1 The word Sura occurs nine times in the Koran, viz.Sur. ix.

    The Koran (Al-Qur'an) 1854

  • There is a verse that, it has been argued, does suggest that apostates should be killed, namely Sura 4,89.

    Apostasy and the Koran James 2007

  • There is a verse that, it has been argued, does suggest that apostates should be killed, namely Sura 4,89.

    Archive 2007-12-01 James 2007

  • Thence it is a day and a half to Sura, which is Mata Mehasya, where the Heads of the Captivity and the Heads of the Academies dwelt at first [142].

    The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela Benjamin of Tudela

  • He had the surname Sura, and was a man of a noble family, but a dissolute liver, who for his debauchery was formerly turned out of the senate, and was now holding the office of prætor for the second time, as the custom is with those who desire to regain the dignity of senator.

    Cicero Plutarch 1909

  • It is said that he got the surname Sura upon this occasion; being quaestor in the time of Sylla, he had lavished away and consumed a great quantity of the public moneys, at which Sylla, being provoked, called him to give an account in the senate.

    The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch; being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls 46-120? Plutarch 1884

  • Sun called Sura or Surya, the Heavenly, or Khur, 602-u.

    Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850

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