“It sounded like they were praying the Hail Mary,” Gozik recalled.
It does, however, get at the Hail Mary aspect of both picks by nominees behind in the polls.
To Paul, this speech was sort of a fear mongering “Hail Mary” speech.
One reason, reports Eli Lake: U.S. military and intelligence leaders doubted their own ‘Hail Mary’ plan.
After a bad month and a Hail Mary VP pick, the markets may have good news for Mitt Romney.
I have received a light that thou art to be the model for the 'Hail Mary!'
He knew her well, and he expressed his knowledge in the first Hail Mary that was ever said.
It is unnecessary to say that I said a "Hail Mary" for his soul at least.
The Superior then told me to say the prayer called "Hail Mary!"
The exhortation was usually followed by a loud saying of a Paternoster and a "Hail Mary" by all present.
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Done in pious hope and desperation: Staubach hurls a Hail, Mary pass into the end zone/ ''We did what could be described as the Hail Mary play,'' Gen. Schwarzkopf says/ You know a Hail Mary moment when you see one: It happened at the Redskins-Cardinals game
[1980s+ Football; fr the liturgical prayer Hail, Mary, full of grace, etc]