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Even through the glass of the closed window, I could hear President Summers. I missed the beginning of his chant, but I managed to catch the end: “...And so, Lucifer, Lord of Darkness, Prince of Despair, Master of Deception, King of Flies, I call upon you! Lucifer, grant me my wish, provide...

Author: By Jason L. Lurie, | Title: The Devil and Larry Summers | 3/2/2005 | See Source »

...without blushing. And their enthusiasm was contagious: there was laughter aplenty and much audience participation. Indeed, by the second act, Chadryn A. Agpalo of the Graduate School of Education, had coddled her ground-floor audience (along with a few brave souls on the balconies) into loudly chanting “cunt!” The chant was part of an effort to establish a positive connotation for the conventionally offensive expression...

Author: By Emer C.M. Vaughn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ARTS TUESDAY: It's a Whole New V Word | 2/22/2005 | See Source »

...also happened to be right near a handful of women from CodePink—a women’s advocacy group for peace—and two other non-affiliated men who stood and unfurled anti-war signs. Taking his own action, Jenkins stood up and began to chant at the top of his lungs, “Hey Bush, where are the poor? Did you ship them...

Author: By Jonathan M. Siegel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: I Booed Dubya Successfully | 2/17/2005 | See Source »

...beneath the stadium to deal with rowdiness. Yet Eagles fans do have a softer and more civilized side to them. The franchise is one of the few remaining to have its own old school fight song: “Fly Eagles Fly,” is the defining chant of Philadelphia, and it is so far superior to the mean-spirited and vindictive “Yankees Suck!” of Boston as to make comparison between the two insulting. Eagles fans have remained unbelievably loyal over the past 44 years of disappointment since the Eagles last...

Author: By Mark A. Adomanis, | Title: Fly, Eagles, Fly | 2/4/2005 | See Source »

...elsewhere in Europe fans have got uglier. Some in France direct taunts known as "cris des singes"--monkey yelps--at the growing crop of African players, who face similar insults in Spain and Italy. In France top club Paris St.-Germain has hard-core neo-Nazi fans who chant racist and homophobic slurs and bombard visiting players with objects of all kinds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOCCER FANS: Out of Control In Europe | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

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