1.   A. Passover, which began Saturday at sundown, is an ancient Jewish holiday celebrating the liberation of Jews from Egypt that is chronicled in the Book of Exodus.

2.   Celebrating their liberation from Taliban rule in Afghanistan last week, men shaved off their beards, while women unveiled their faces and revealed bits of hair.

3.   Ken Alexander, a builder in Scottsdale, Ariz., recalled one couple who wanted to celebrate their liberation from years of happy if demanding servitude to their young.

4.   They came from all over India to attend her death feast, celebrating her liberation from a body that was neither male nor female.

5.   On Tuesday night, he celebrated the liberation of both the country, and the women who were oppressed under the ultra-fundamentalist Taliban.

6.   On Tuesday night, he celebrated the liberation of that country, and of the women who were oppressed under the ultra-fundamentalist Taliban.