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390 A play on the word ayn, which means “eye” or the eighteenth letter which in olden times had the form of a circle.
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For sounds that have no written equivalent in Latin script, they've gotten creative: for example, the number 3 is commonly used for the "ayn" sound and 7 stands in for the "ha," because their shapes closely resemble the corresponding Arabic letters.
NYT > Home Page By SINAN ANTOON 2010
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The fatwa ruled that to expel foreign aggressors from Islamic lands was a fard ayn, or a compulsory duty for all Muslims.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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Anonyman writes in an email: "Although senate staffers may not know who ayn rand is, they believe that JtP has genuine wisdom to impart ..."
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The fatwa ruled that to expel foreign aggressors from Islamic lands was a fard ayn, or a compulsory duty for all Muslims.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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“Nice to meet you, Ooh-ayn-san,” he said with a thick “oooh” instead of a “wah”.
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While this is probably not true of U law, which strikes me as high indeterminate, its probably is true of the first amendment, which reads like it was srtiten by ayn rand or someone.
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But as to the point of my post, I am not positive, but as i said i believe ayn rand coined the term 'radical for capitalism' and i was wondering whether mr. doherty credited her for that. after all he used it in his title and even if her presidence carries no legal bearing it would only be honest to acknolege the idea did not origionate from his own mind. ryan new school politics
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What this says about libertarians (or at least, rand paul, ayn rand, and barry goldwater) is that they are willing to see other people forego a whole lot of their liberty in order to maintain every bit of their own.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism 2010
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The fatwa ruled that to expel foreign aggressors from Islamic lands was a fard ayn, or a compulsory duty for all Muslims.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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