A state of Palestine blessed rhetorically by the U.N. will no more usher in a Middle East peace than U.N. membership has lifted up Nauru.
A more apt term might be "charming" or, better, in our present lingo, "cool," indicating a state of being blessed, to the verge of being cursed, with preternatural facility.
It is easier to get to, more comfortable and user-friendly, and, above all, blessed with state-of-the-art lighting that makes the collection much, much easier to see.
Even more importantly, the agreement would allow Iran, after 10 to 15 years, to be a nuclear threshold state with the blessing of the world community.
The long-standing assumption that with the state's blessing, the destinies of entire industries should be overseen by a charmed circle of interconnected people from the grandes écoles and the haute bourgeoisie seems to be wearing thinner these days.
If the head of state gives his blessing to a referendum next Sunday, Greeks may be called to vote on a proposal from Greece's creditors that will no longer be on offer.
The Florida Board of Education today approved new science standards that bestow the state's blessing upon the teaching of evolution for the first time in Florida's history.
God bless you all for coming today, and God bless the great State of New York.
Just a few years before, I had been married with the blessing of the State of Connecticut and two Reform rabbis.
"God bless the great state of Nevada!" Cruz announced.
We are all in a state of shock, thoughts out to those blessed to know him".
