Word: cult
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...documentary operation. Scratched, bitten and bruised, he would display his wounds like trophies, casually using gaffer tape to bind up a severe bite from a large saltwater crocodile that he had been wrestling in a mangrove swamp. And the Crocodile Hunter understood how his risk-taking made him a cult hero to millions in the 130 countries where his films aired: his fans aped his trademark cry of "Crikey, he nearly got me!" and flocked to his Australia Zoo in Queensland on Australia's east coast...
Crimson Key: 1. Over-enthusiastic cult of students who organize orientation week. 2. A group that used to give campus tours to wide-eyed visitors, until they were fired by the admissions office...
...country. Earlier this year, the proprietors rented 500 glasses for a three-hour event. On the basis of past experience, that should have been plenty. But within just an hour, all the glasses had been used. Were they giving away the latest 90+-rated wine or the rare, cult Cabernet Screaming Eagle? Nothing of the kind. They were pouring reasonably priced natural wine...
...Restraint UNMISSABLE In 2001 Solomon Burke was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Mary J. Blige. Imagine Al Pacino receiving an Oscar from Juliette Lewis, and you have some idea of the moment's hoo-ah! scenery-chewing potential. Burke, known to the soul-music cult as the King of Rock and Soul, once held every note as if it were his last, and on his mid-career albums you might have believed it to be yours too. At 65, he has lost a little breath but gained restraint, and Nashville, Burke's album of country...
...affected me. My hometown, traditionally celebrated as a beacon of diversity and tolerance, was now featured on the evening news for its violence and hatred. What century are we living in? Thousands of people actually believed this man, who has made millions of dollars by founding, essentially, a sensational cult. When I questioned my friend about De Jesús’ credibility, she answered, “I know it all sounds crazy, but He’s back and this movement is just getting started. How many didn’t believe it was Him 2,000 years...