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All three collaborations were starring and cowritten by damon while van sant directed. In fact, cr,x, land, is the fourth most frequent substantive in the hebrew bible. Promised land swiss is a project that includes a paper fanzine, a blog, products and events devoted to the arts in their different forms. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. In the promised land, friendship was tested and the very issues of life are in the balance. My promised land tells the story of israel as it has never been told before. A collection of short stories with religious undertones. Some of her other works include the island of tears 1980, the short story collection land without thunder 1988, the strange bride 1989 and the other woman 1992.
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