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With names enduring for centuries it is possible that the sign above the door is as old as the pleasure of drinking itself.

Licorice has been used for centuries as an expectorant to loosen phlegm.

John, from the beloved disciple, had been a favorite name for centuries all over Christendom .

A remarkable weight management patch containing traditional pharmacopeial herbs which have been used for centuries to control appetite.

The sea still serves as a byway, grocery, laundry, workplace, and playground for the local inhabitants, just as it has for centuries.

Anything that has lasted for centuries is worth a closer look to see if any part of the concept will work for you.

The artist took a scene that had dominated art for centuries and gave it a completely new perspective.

Because for centuries, glamour had a very particular meaning, and the word was actually used differently from the way we think of it.

It is an herb native to Paraguay that has been used for centuries as a sweetener.

Echinacea has been used for centuries to help support strong immune systems.

Barges have been a favorite means of transporting goods on Ducth rivers and canals for centuries.

Augmentation of labor by breast stimulation has been used in a variety of cultures for centuries.

Harvested in the wild, currants have been used for centuries as food and medicine.

We have watched for centuries as the Light of change grew stronger and stronger, until now the dark ones are in retreat!

For centuries the dark berries of European black elder (Sambucus nigra L. ) have been traditionally used as a winter remedy.

Istanbul, once known as Constantinople, has for centuries been a meeting place between East and West.

Packed with antioxidants, olives and their oil have been used for centuries for health.

Pharmacopoeias have been used to control the quality of medicines for centuries.

People will continue to wrangle over relations between the state and religion in the Arab world, just as they did for centuries in Europe.

These dogs have been used for centuries as a do-all farm dog.

The fork was an ancient agricultural tool, but for centuries no one thought of eating with it.

For centuries there were differences of opinion among the specialists as to which stones deserved to be called sapphires.

There is nothing necessarily wrong with that: it's a system that has worked well for centuries and if you are happy with it, then fine.

The extract from the herb St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) has been used for centuries in many folk and herbal remedies.

using energy from the sun. Solar cookers, or ovens, have been used for centuries.

Oatmeal has anti-inflammatory properties and has been used for centuries to soothe skin.

Terraced hillsides-- Terracing techniques have been used for centuries in mountainous areas.

In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries, patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.

"Why this huge isolation of the church and this huge focus on cover-up in the church when it has been going on for centuries? " he asked.

Ms Hakim suggests that women have more erotic capital than men to start with, mainly because they have had to work at it for centuries.

Bulls and bears have been duking it out for centuries.

Although people of different ethnicities have been mixing for centuries, the subject of interracial relationships is still controversial.

This is clearly not the case, if it were true, prediction of the tides could have been done for centuries.

For centuries, our economy has never been out of the financial crisis's hit.

For centuries this dog was bred as an independent guarder who makes his own decisions out in the field.

Hence, a reader of that all-important text would see the name Jesus a couple of hundred times for centuries prior to the Christian era.

At the time of his birth, around 570, the Arabian Peninsula had been inhabited by tribal peoples for centuries.

Dogs have been used to aid disabled people for centuries.

But oranges came to England millennia after oysters and for centuries the phrase was as different as apples and oysters.

True or not, there's no doubt that Persian rugs have dazzled people for centuries.

For centuries, nay, millenniums, men have been trying to figure out how to have more sex.

"The Song Mountains are full of kung fu rivalries, " a Dengfeng official told me, "just as they have been for centuries. "

Around the world, the Jewish people were persecuted for centuries, and anti-Semitism in Europe culminated in an unprecedented Holocaust.

For centuries, wise men have known this and kept it a well guarded secret.

Cholera outbreaks have been a regular feature of urban living worldwide for centuries.

This gnarled root has been a major player in Asian and Indian medicine for centuries, primarily as a digestive aid.

Those sorts of locations are perfect for finding organic matter which has been preserved for centuries, and can be dated and used for study.

Don't let its tough exterior fool you, bamboo shoots have been a popular food staple in Asia for centuries.

First, spreads on credit that took no account of default probabilities (bankers have been doing this for centuries, but not on this scale).

Fenugreek has been used by mothers for centuries to stimulate the production of breast milk during pregnancy and following childbirth.

And a significant portion of the territory that constitutes the United States today used Spanish for centuries.

Right now, their profile is of a wildly erratic volcano that can be mild, or violent prolific in its eruptions, or passive for centuries.

London has been at the heart of a great overseas trading network for centuries.

This form of bioengineering is an accelerated version of the cross pollination that farmers have practiced for centuries.

How dare he attack beliefs and ideas which had been held for centuries?

Dating back to the Qin dynasty, the traditional crosstalk shows have made people all over China roar with laughter for centuries.

Yakuza have for centuries used extensive tattoos as a sign of belonging to any group, as well as to identify its position in the group.

Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral used for centuries in insulation, clothing, and fire-resistant materials.

For centuries Chinese have observed this traditional holiday to welcome the beginning of a new year.

London, renowned for centuries for its infamous smog and severe pollution, today has the cleanest air that it has had since the Middle Ages.

Weaver ants have been used for pest control in China and other Asian countries for centuries.

as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.

Already he has commenced His labor, and for centuries He has persevered in making new the hearts of men and the order of society.

FOR centuries raising your hand was the way you bid at auction, whether you were buying sheep or Meissen shepherdesses.

For centuries, Yangxunqiao has been a centre for manufacturing the foil papers used in Chinese funeral rites.

And he would be right. But he shouldn't count on finding one right away; magnetic monopoles have eluded our best scientists for centuries.

As a site of historical interest, Mount Tai has been a preferred place of visit for centuries.

For centuries men have been trying to keep women down.

The century is togs ap For centuries Turks have passed the time seeping that sipping their tea in and coffee with a cigarette.

For centuries Isaac Newton's law of universal gravitation worked well enough to explain gravity on Earth.

For centuries, people have wondered about the strange places that they seem to visit in their sleep.

For centuries it was assumed without proof that guilt was a valuable, perhaps even an indispensable, ingredient of the civilized life.

For centuries, Europe was been a continent blighted by frequent and destructive wars.

Indeed, for centuries, people believed the pagoda got its resilience from its central pillar, known as a shinbashira.

For centuries the Rough Coated Collie was hardly known outside Scotland, but it is now one of the world's most popular breeds.

For centuries, it was an unregulated, unsystematic business.

The heart of Edinburgh is the thousand-year-old castle, where the kings of Scotland lived for centuries.

For centuries, explorers have risked their lives venturing into unknown for reasons that were to varying degrees economic and nationalistic.

That's been true for centuries. The rate of growth and the kind of growth both matter.

For centuries, this floating city has been a favorite of lovers, writers, artists, and businessmen.

He then decided that he would paint a great landscape, a work that would be looked at for centuries.

For centuries corn has been a staple of everyday life, serving as a source of food, energy and currency.

People all over the world, from China to Africa to Europe, have been quilting clothing and blankets for centuries.

For centuries, we've had an explicit system for organizing print books in the form of page numbers and bibliographic info.

For centuries, bold Basque sailors have ventured out on the seas that crash on their homeland in the Bay of Biscay.

Chardonnay has been grown for centuries in France and is now one of the most popular white wines in the world.

For centuries before that, most people in most villages knew a great deal about one another. Yet little was explicit.

The Elderberry has been involved in human history for centuries, with a reputation for healing both the body and the spirit.

While naturalists have known of slime molds for centuries, only now are scientists really starting to understand them.

Their inhabitants, the Uros, preserve an old-school artificial island-making technique that their predecessors employed for centuries.

After all, architectural fantasy has been a mainstay of radical design for centuries.

In the face of US feats, Europeans have for centuries made the case that they are superficial tricks that do not matter much.

All these seem to have occurred naturally for centuries, and still do.

For centuries, Tianjin was an important northern port city -- the main gateway to Beijing, about 120 kilometers away.

Sushi has a very interesting origin that has lasted for centuries and continues to be a very popular food today.

In fact, such a godman and doctrines already existed in Britain for centuries, if not millennia, prior to the Christian era.

For centuries people have aspired to understand and control the functions of the mind and brain.

Psychologists have pondered this question for centuries. Does it really matter if you were born earlier or later than your siblings ?

Try empathy with the Africans and Asians and the female multitude that have been the subject of racism and sexism for centuries.

Clearly, hetero-anal sex has been part of human sexuality for centuries, but in the U. S. , it was rarely mentioned until AIDS appeared.

You have this problem that people have been trying to explain for centuries. .

For centuries too the Montenegrins have been adept at manoeuvring between the great powers.

For centuries, Macau was a Portuguese colony; since 1999 it has belonged to China as a Special Administrative Region.

Mud, muscle, and gambling are the key ingredients of kushti, a form of wrestling that has been popular in the Punjab region for centuries.

For centuries the surface has been ruled by robots, but deep underground life continues.

Leeds, one of the prime tourist attractions in Kent that is dubbed "The Garden of England" , has been home to dogs for centuries.

For centuries the domestic trade of China had been as stagnant as the Chinese mind of that period.

For centuries afterward, ships sailed over the drowned city while passengers admired the beauty of its statuary from above.

Artists have been allowed to gleefully satirise the monarchy for centuries.

For centuries, Venice was an important trading centre linking Europe with Turkey, the Arab world and the East.

Dong Quai - Used for centuries to assist with natural menopause management.

People have beenpirating intellectual property for centuries, but it used to be atime-consuming way to generate markedly inferior copies.

Islamism has rivalled Pushtunwali for centuries; it has often gained prominence, as currently, in time of war.

English is a colorful language, but chronic cursers repeatedly use the same, unimaginative words that have been around for centuries.

They argued that using turtle s in religious and traditional village ceremonies had been part of Balinese cult ure for centuries.

Jack-o'-lanterns, those carved up, hollowed out pumpkins, often with candles inside them, have been the face of Halloween for centuries.

One of the oldest graphic design crafts, printmaking has recorded the cultural history of Asia and Europe for centuries.

"A better knowledge of these patinas could explain some practices used for centuries, " Richardin told LiveScience.

For centuries, Lumbar Disc Herniation, one of the most frequently occurring diseases, has kept plaguing people's lives.

Velvet antler is a popular tonic that has been used mainly in the Orient for centuries.

For centuries, people from far parts of the Earth have come to China seeking commercial and other opportunities.

Native to Siberia (duh), this breed was used for centuries by the Chukchi people to pull sleds and herd reindeer.

Purple has been reserved for the royal folk for centuries. The royal folk were the only ones who could afford it anyway.

The pursuit of ghostly evidence has been a popular pastime for centuries.

And Ambassador Lewis did confirm rumors that Canada has sought a warm-water port for centuries and Arizona was the best they could get.

In many ways, life in these villages goes on as it has for centuries.

I believe that there must be a mysterious kingdom buried under the thick snow for centuries.

For centuries before , curved glass was the popular contrivance for producing not truth but illusion, untruth.

But that has been debated for centuries and most Christians will allow at least some exceptions.

For centuries Fuji has been worshipped from afar: poets and artists have drawn inspiration from it; all Japanese have bowed to it.

For centuries, the rest of the world was a stage for the ambitions and interests of the West's great powers.

It has been like this for centuries, of course. The hutong go back almost 800 years and are in fact a Mongol invention.

For centuries Egypt has been the heart of the Arab world; its trend setter and ideas centre.

GOVERNMENTS have been indebted for centuries, running ongoing Ponzi schemes involving tax-payers, investors and future generations.

A large part of this expansion into areas outside of Asia is due to the immigration of Chinese people that has gone on for centuries.

Mal'akh smiled to himself. "Sometimes a legend that endures for centuries . . . endures for a reason. "

Borobudur Temple was damaged in an earthquake and buried for centuries under volcanic ash. Excavations began in the early 20th century.

For centuries philosophers, mathematicians, political scientists and economists have searched for the best method of voting.

This world has been obsessed with killing wolves. We have been killing wolves for centuries, probably for thousands of years.

For centuries, the code of the Samurai has lain in the ruins of a hidden Bushido Temple in the mountains of central Japan.

For centuries, the danube was the greatest route in europe.

For centuries, the Holy Roman Empire derived patronage by assigning rights to a limited number of toll points.

However, in rural Greece, particularly the more remote villages, the traditional way of life has not changed for centuries.

Akujiki, the ancient, cursed blade has consumed the souls of men for centuries.

For centuries, the Mid-Autumn Festival has encouraged family reunions, big feasts and enjoyment of a beautiful full moon.

For centuries the British regarded their navy as their principal bulwark against invasion.

Today, archaeological evidence reveals some of the mysteries that surrounded the history of the Wonders for centuries.

Although basic principles of rocket propulsion have been known for centuries, only recently has it become a highly useful tool of man.

The flows of fertile sediment that have for centuries sustained farmers along the Mekong's banks will diminish.

BEIJING - For centuries, Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and her enigmatic smile have inspired as much speculation as admiration.

Apples had been falling in many places for centuries and thousands of people had seen them fall.

It has been ignored by professionals and non-professionals for centuries whether vocality and singing are the same.

Everybody uses umbrellas today. The next time you carry one, remember that for centuries only great men and women used them.

Although silicosis has been known for centuries, the industrialization of mining has led to an increase in silicosis cases.

It's been happening for centuries now: In 1524, there was a book published called "I Modi" (The Ways) by Pietro Aretino and Giulio Romano.

The Sunday roast has been a tradition in Britain for centuries.

Today's modern state is far larger than historic Montenegro, which for centuries was ruled as a theocracy by a prince-bishop.

Philosophers have considered the question for centuries, and their responses have been varied.

He added, "It's hilarious to talk about traditional Web business like it's been going on for centuries, but it's last century. "

For centuries, watches have been, for a lack of a better term, dumb watches.

Mexican ranchers have been using them for centuries and pass their skills on to cowboys north of the border.

For centuries a healthy brood of boys was considered the best form of social security.

And that's often a dilemma for wine makers, who for centuries have added sulfur dioxide to wines as a preservative.

A treasure that had been fought over for centuries by tyrants, pharaohs, emperors, warlords.

However, the roads in Sichuan had been dangerous for centuries, so the urban development was unbalanced.

The problem of translation criteria has been a puzzle for centuries.

Indeed, for centuries, people believed the pagoda got its resilience fromitscentral pillar, known as a shinbashira.

For centuries, Prague's cultural life has depended on relations with its Hapsburg rulers.

Women may have been experiencing this for centuries, but everything was new to me and every little detail was exciting, scary and curious.

George Osborne, the UK's chancellor of the exchequer, did on Tuesday what his predecessors have been doing for centuries.

Brick roads have been around for centuries and they have been revisited lately by the green building community for a number of reasons.

For centuries African farmers allowed for this by letting the land lie fallow for eight or nine years after a harvest.

For centuries, Chongqing was the end of the world, an outpost defined by its isolation.

For centuries, translation theory and practice cannot get rid of the dominant idea of "faithfulness" or "equivalence" .

For centuries artists have tried to capture the essence of love, and now scientists may have found it in the brain.

The notion of harnessing the power of electricity formed naturally has tantalized scientists for centuries.

Light rain drops on the way aimlessly through a cycle of trouble for centuries gloom, with the misty rain quickly fled the downtown.

For centuries, people have dreamed of overcoming the natural limitations of our bodies and minds to become, in effect, superhuman.

For centuries the Venusians compensated for this fundamental fear of unworthiness by being attentive and responsive to the needs of others.

They weave brilliantly colored cloth, speak the traditional language of the Inca, and tend their fields as they have for centuries.

From the moment the axe swung, the fleeds of flags, bunting and royal smiles were sown for centuries to come.

Below you will find a few of the more common legends and myths; tales that have been spun and re-spun for centuries. Read on and enjoy!

These impressive constructions were built for centuries and many are still left for us to see.

FOR centuries Atlantic City has been a holiday spot.

For centuries, painters, poets, and philosophers have been drawn to this majestic location.

For centuries, eyewitness testimony has been considered one of the most reliable forms of evidence.

Before Genghis: The Golden Horde, one of the Four MongolEmpires after the fragmentation. It survived for centuries.

For centuries Hainan Island only served as a place of banishment for criminals, exiled poets and political undesirables.

Blue neckbands have been worn for centuries by nursing mothers in parts of Europe.

Processes that have been applied for centuries characterise the production of beer.

Indigenous Canadians are legally permitted to hunt a small number of seals per year, as they have for centuries.

Peasants still stoop over the rice fields as they have for centuries, planting the shoots individually by hand.

Early in my career, I lived not far from Oxford University, a great center for philosophy for centuries.

For centuries, the "Made in Italy" label has been a marker of the finest craftsmanship that money can buy.

For centuries, they have used all parts of the caribou: the meat for food, the skins for clothes, the bones for tools.

The natural products quinine and artemisinin have been effective antimalarials for centuries.

China insists that both areas have been an inseparable part of the motherland for centuries.

The psychological effects on diseases including skin disorders have been recognized for centuries.

And man has lived for centuries under this exploitation. This exploitation can be completely destroyed.

At this level all Civilizations enter upon a stage, which lasts for centuries, of appalling depopulation.

Philosophers , dramatists , theologians have grappled with this question for centuries : What makes people go wrong ?

The lines and figures can really only be seen from the air. So for centuries people had walked the pampa without noticing a thing.

There has been a tradition of performing on the pole in China and India for centuries - way before Spearmint Rhino got their hands on it.

A disease of the large intestine and transmitted through contaminated water, cholera has haunted humanity for centuries.

For centuries, goods and services flowed east and west through the trading hubs that extended throughout your countries and regions.

Its lasting qualities of strength, beauty and purity have resulted in a custom that has remained unchanged for centuries.

The wedding ring is th most widely used symbol of marriage today, as it has been for centuries.

We have been internationally orientated for centuries and value openness and accessibility.

This ideal makes it possible for Olympian to have been popular for centuries.

Rhino horn has been used in traditional medicine in China and Vietnam for centuries.

Monascus has been widely used for centuries in China, but the problem of citrinin restricts deep development to a certain extent.

Get fit: doctors have understood for centuries that physical exercise is an excellent antidote to stress and gloom.

Fear, misunderstanding, discrimination and social stigma have surrounded epilepsy for centuries.

The city is located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean and has served as an important port for centuries.

This predicted windfall offers Panama the best chance to escape the economic woes that have stymied much of Central America for centuries.

For centuries, caste determined not only peoples' social status but their marriages and occupations as well.

In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries.

It suggests that poor lands need strong, authoritarian leaders to overcome the forces that have kept them poor for centuries.

For centuries, however, the mysteries of animal awareness have occupied some of mankind's most respected thinkers.

Portrayals of suicide, both fictional and nonfictional, have been blamed for deaths by suicide for centuries.

But the leaders of many First Nations have been fighting assimilation for centuries.

In a place where struggles over land have fueled hatred and distrust for centuries, Aziz Abu Sarah is finding common ground.

The idea of flight had been kicking around for centuries before man actually achieved it.

Though this kind of lizard is a new species to the scientists, local aborigines have known about it for centuries.

For centuries, Parliament consisted of a small landowning elite whose priorities were their own power and prosperity.

for centuries jellies have figured importantly among English desserts, particularly upon festive occasion.

The Comparative Law had been being into existence for centuries before itbecame the habit of self-analysis and obtained a name.

For centuries, each age built in the language of the day, responding to contemporary culture and available technology.

Gold has been valued as a quasi-currency for centuries for its malleability, lack of industrial uses and relative scarcity.

But we might develop such different ideas about religion that the basic beliefs we have held for centuries would face a severe challenge.

For centuries Turks have passed the time sipping their tea and coffee with a cigarette.

For centuries, of course, women were expected to put up with their husbands' infidelity.

For centuries, African cultures have had more laws and rules governing just how to behave towards the Earth than they did about people. . .

For centuries, the hieroglyphic word pictures painted on Egyptian ruins were a mystery.

With old, cracked bricks patched with lichen, the walls are weather-beaten guards, standing still for centuries in protecting the city.

Magic in Siquijor consists mainly of traditional beliefs that have existed in the Philippines for centuries.

For centuries we have used maps to delineate borders that have been defined by politics.

Zaydis make up a third of Yemen's 30m people, and for centuries formed the ruling elite in its mountain heartlands.

The belief that the Baptistery originated as a Roman Temple of Mars persisted for centuries.

That is not the kind of system Africans had known for centuries.

The layers of volcanic ash preserved the sites for centuries, providing precious information on domestic life in the ancient world.

For centuries, the mountain peaks in and around Yellowstone National Park were a healthy, frigid environment for the whitebark pine tree.

The educated Chinese mind remains the same subtle, sophisticated instrument. It has been for centuries.

Usually curable nowadays with antibiotics, it ravaged Europe for centuries, working on the victim's skin, joints, stomach, heart and brain.

This gives us a glimpse of the historical aspect of hatha yoga, for centuries these books have guided spiritual aspirants .

People have claimed UFO sightings around the world for centuries, and there are still more questions than answers.

Pod-gers : Good for Japan. there islands have been part of Taiwan for centuries, and Japan and the US both well know this.

For centuries, the population has depended on meltwater from the glaciers of the high mountains to irrigate their farmland.

For centuries people have been bickering over the value of computer technology.

For centuries Ayurvedic and Yunani medicine has used honey as an important medical research.