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  • Villagers, he says, usually addressed him as "mahar," a caste slur meaning carcass handler.

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  • But that exception does not change the fact that indiv policies are indeed guar renewable, nor does it make your description of insurers being able to drop you at any time any less inaccurate. maggie mahar says:

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  • I cannot wait to hear that line on tape from a NATO summit where she is quoted on global media! lorrie mahar

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  • It is now part of the public memory how Surekha Bhootmange, aged 45 years, a dalit mahar by caste, mother of two sons -Roshan and Sudhir - and a bright daughter Priyanka, who yearned to join the military, all the four spent the last one hour of their lives.

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  • It is now part of the public memory how Surekha Bhootmange, aged 45 years, a dalit mahar by caste, mother of two sons -Roshan and Sudhir - and a bright daughter Priyanka, who yearned to join the military, all the four spent the last one hour of their lives.

    Khairlanji : All Nero's Brethren Abhay N 2006

  • Conclusion: "Bring my father down here quickly," (mahar -- Piel -- again translated as an adverb, though it is the chief verb in Hebrew; cf.v. 9).

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

  • It sounds like it can be a theme song for "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" eve mahar 19 minutes ago 10:14 AM Love it!

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  • Peter Crusat who Spoke Mahar came in the night and informed me that the mahar Prisoners told him that the Tetons intended to Stop us - We Shew'd but little Sign of a knowledge of there intentions.

    The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791

  • Black Bird The late King of the mahar who Died 4 years ago & 400 of his nation with the Small pox was buried (1) and went up and fixed a white flag bound with Blue white & read on the Grave which was about 12 foot

    The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791

  • While the minimum mahar is no more than the equivalent of a few cents, "the maximum should not be an economic blow to the other side", Maulawi said.

    Institute for War & Peace Reporting: 2009

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