Word: cult
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...poverty. Residents of crime-tossed neighborhoods like Mexico City's Tepito began revering Santa Muerte more than Jesus Christ, experts say. Some of its devotees eventually split from the Catholic church and began vying for control of Catholic buildings. That's when Mexico's Catholic church declared it a cult...
...early venue for national mega-hits, and this year’s fest promises to offer at least one film that’s likely to make viewers’ skin crawl with terror. “[The festival] presents a combination of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, action and cult movies—films people often do not consider in a serious way,” says Hinkle. Hinkle co-founded the festival and, along with a team of advisors, selects the films each year. The flavor of the festival changes annually, according to screenings that excite audiences in other...
...accomplice and engaging narrator. Looming even larger, however, was another doctor, one whose medical practice was so slow it allowed him plenty of time to pursue his literary ambition. His name: Arthur Conan Doyle. As the creator of these fictional icons, Conan Doyle has himself become something of a cult figure, the object of countless critical studies, biographies and fan clubs...
...reason for his cult status as an architecture critic was not the clarity of Herbert Muschamp's prose, which was known to irk readers with its effusive, stream-of-consciousness style. Instead, by freely celebrating the emotional impact of skyscrapers and other structures, the author and longtime New York Times critic changed the way people think about architecture. In a characteristically exuberant 1997 article that brought him national attention, he likened Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, to Marilyn Monroe. (The building had a "voluptuous style" and an apparent urge to "let its dress...
...Since we now know that the Ad Board is a secret cult, fueled by sadism and sacrifices, it makes sense that their first meeting was not until September 4th, just ten days before registration. This brought many personal dilemmas for me, including, but not limited to: Do I get drunk the night before the decision or the night of? Or, do I leave a burning bag of dog shit at my dean’s door or Drew Faust’s door if I don’t get back...