Word: demonism
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...Good Demon...
After her arrest, Jiang Qing became the object of one of the most sustained and virulent attacks in China's history. She was described by some journals as "malevolent as a demon, treacherous as a serpent, savage as a mad dog." Despite official claims that the trial is "open," it will be tightly controlled; no foreign observers will be permitted, on the grounds that the case involves "state secrets...
Another movement that helped to unite disparate residents was the campaign against "demon rum." for years, the city had defeated by slim margins attempts to deny liquor licenses, usually on economic grounds. But as the number of Catholic immigrants swelled, it became almost inevitalbe that temperance would prevail; as two historians writing at the turn of the century said, "One public service of the church deserves special mention, namely its assistance to the cause of temperance and clean speech. Most of the churches have strong temperance organizations which have already rendered good service in the movement to control the liquor...
Then came the Carter Administration's credit squeeze in March. Many people simply stopped using their cards, and some people even sent them to the White House as a symbol of swearing off demon plastic. MasterCard use fell 8.4% during the first quarter of the year, and from March to July Americans decreased their consumer debt by about $6 billion...
...Jade Emperor appeals for help to the Buddha, who sends 18 demons to put an end to all the monkeyshines. The Monkey King (Li Yuanchun) meets them all and, in pantomime scenes worthy of Chaplin and Keaton, sends them tumbling. He takes one demon's weapon and twirls it on one finger, like a gyroscope; he grabs another one and flicks it away with his heel. No one in heaven or earth can touch this hilarious spirit of riot and disorder, and peace comes only when he finds his way home to the Flower-Fruit Mountain. Equally funny...