Word: christe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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EVERYONE KNOWS the story of Dracula: an "undead" creature refuses to lie still in the grave, sustaining himself, between sunset and sunrise, on the blood of innocent mortals. This Anti-Christ dooms his victims to flock in his unearthly host forever; they become "flesh of his flesh." Only herbs or holy objects can ward him off, and only a stake through his heart can end his lecherous career. The story is terrifically titillating: all that sacrilege and perverse sexuality to relish...
...churches realize that explicit sexual material has been creeping into network programs for several years. But Soap is regarded as a key test case. The Rev. Everett Parker, media watchdog of the liberal United Church of Christ, calls the program "a deliberate effort to break down any resistance to whatever the industry wants to put into prime time." Says Wall Street Media Analyst Anthony Hoffman: "Soap is a stalking horse. If it is a success, everyone will want...
...entrance a grand spectacular of longlegged women dancing about him with fluttering pink plummage, Flynn virtually has the stage to himself whenever he speaks or touches his cigarette holder to his million-dollar mouth. Cocky and always in control, he boasts that "If Jesus Christ had been in Chicago and had had 5000 bucks, things would have turned out a lot different...
...John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son" (in Hungarian: "Ugy szerette, Isten a világot, hogy egy szülött Fiát adta oda"). When Graham concluded by asking the Hungarians to signal their rededication to Jesus Christ, thousands of arms were raised in response...
...compassionate and eloquent cook in both stage and screen versions of The Member of the Wedding. In 1951 she published His Eye Is on the Sparrow, a frank, resentful, sordid account of her life and religiosity ("The Catholic religion gives you a beautiful image to cuddle"). Rededicating herself to Christ, she sang regularly for Evangelist Billy Graham's crusades during the '60s. Although Waters made millions during her career, she was a soft touch and died poor. Said she: "Where I come from, people don't get close enough to money to keep a working acquaintance with...