Even the prospect of Paula Radcliffe's return after pregnancy (to competitive racing next month and to the marathon this autumn) failed to knock Liliya Shobukhova out of her confident stride yesterday as she prepared for the defence of her Virgin London Marathon title on Sunday - and looked ahead to what she called her "golden chance" of Olympic marathon glory in London in 2012.
Where I got my youthful religious training, the highest aspiration for a female was the title "Virgin Martyr".
John's pontificate opposed Nestorianism, the heresy that separated the divine and human natures of Christ and denied the Virgin Mary the title Mother of God.
To the latter the second Council of Constantinople (553) added the title "eternal Virgin".
The billionaire Richard Branson, who heads the London Marathon title sponsor Virgin and the newly formed Virgin Sports, blasted FIFA's sponsors, saying that he hoped companies would "reconsider their commitments" beyond issuing statements of concern.
The 40-Year-Old Virgin does exactly what the title promises, but so much more sweetly than anyone might reasonably expect, with Steve Carrell as the titular naif.
"Andy, for the last time, I don't want your big box of porn!" Paul Rudd shouted in last year's sex comedy "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," backing out of the title character's apartment.
It occurs simultaneously with the holy day of Our Lady of Navigators, a devotional title for the Virgin Mary, to whom Portuguese seafarers would pray for a safe return home.
You can find popular business titles like The Virgin Way by Richard Branson, Roadside MBA by Michael Mazzeo, and Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely.
The runaway success of Nintendo's Wii proved virgin gamers will try new titles if they are easy to play, while the boom in social networks like Facebook suggests people of all ages are looking for new ways to interact online, he says.
But it also hires other companies to develop titles published under Virgin's name.
