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Satan seizes the Master's manuscript and, in the Communist manner, proceeds to rewrite history. He allows the Biblical Pilate the satisfaction of killing Judas, and the further mercy of believing that the Crucifixion never took place at all. Thus does the Devil bless mankind by giving it a comfortable lie by which to live. The Master can forget his obsession and remains in peace with his beautiful mistress Margarita (who has given up a promising career as a witch for his sake). But Bulgakov makes clear his own belief: Pilate's guilt, an expedient cowardice that allows...
...breast-symbol of the death of the flower children. Television cameras ogled the scene as the mourners gathered around the casket and filled it with charms, peacock feathers, orange peels, bread (both edible and negotiable), flags, crucifixes, and a marijuana-flavored cookie. As the strains of God Bless America and Hari Krishna echoed from the pastel hillsides of the Hashbury, the casket was set on fire and a shout went up: "Hippies are dead: now the Free Men will come through...
...christen the ship, knew the name until launching day. Then, told the secret at last, the Queen stepped onto the platform at the bow of Britain's new, 58,000-ton luxury liner and proclaimed: "I name this ship Queen Elizabeth II, and may God bless all who sail...
...night in the middle of a love scene, someone in the audience sneezed. Instantly she called out, "God bless you." During other performances, she got into a coughing match with the customers or waved goodbye to those who left early...
...Willem Bless, director of the Higher Catechetical Institute in Holland, expects that a compromise solution for the new catechism will finally be found, but adds, "The problem goes deeper, of course. There are certain people in Rome who would like to ban this book completely. The publication of this book comes from a completely new and more open way of thinking than they have ever witnessed. It comes from a world that is completely strange to them...