- also
suggests that bad but
justified outcomes should, or
eventually will,
befall tyrants. It is the
state motto of the U.S.
state of Virginia.
Before 509...
-
Margaret Woo, an
American expatriate living in Hong Kong when
tragedy befalls her family.
Expats follows "the
vibrant lives of a close-knit expatriate...
-
title of the book has been used by a
journalist to
describe "trouble"
befalling Nigerian politicians. The
novel focuses on
Wilson Tagbo, a boy who got...
- to the bare
buttocks (as also on the Continent), a
humiliation usually befalling boys (like the boy's cat,
likewise on the
naked posterior), the 'adult'...
- is
believed that if
natives aren't
careful to
follow them, a
curse will
befall them. An
action Filipinos do to
counter a
negative remark. A
common phrase...
- family, and
threatened vague but
severe consequences if
anything should befall them.
Although Leopold saw the
Pillnitz Declaration as an easy way to appear...
- the
burden on
those bearing it
becomes lighter, with
fewer misfortunes befalling them.
Mother Buddha's face has to be
covered because it is the source...
- is
believed that all the evil
effects resulting from the
Mangala Dosha befall on the mock "spouse": the
person is thus
freed from the
consequences of...
- six
articles of
faith and is
mentioned in the Quran. "Nothing will ever
befall us
except what
Allah has
destined for us" (Q.9:51). "Allah
leaves whoever...
- 1185 by
Normans of the
Kingdom of
Sicily was one of the
worst disasters to
befall the
Byzantine Empire in the 12th century.
David Komnenos, the governor,...
