Word: demonism
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...they are usually young Americans interested in eating local "magic" mushrooms. Yet for the past few weeks, Oaxaca (pronounced wa-hac-a) has been bustling with unnatural activity. Toting tons of expensive paraphernalia, nearly 800 scientists from 14 countries have descended on the mountainous state. Frightened by the "demon" that the scientists have come to see, superstitious Indian villagers have been busily offering prayers, lighting candles and staging other rituals. Their supplications are designed to keep the demon at a distance. But they are not likely to succeed. On the morning of Saturday, March 7, the sun will temporarily vanish...
...between 5000 and 10,000 demonstrators, but police said that they were prepared to deal with 20,000. Mounted police and foot patrolmen were positioned along Tremont St. and in the Common, and paddy wagons were assembled behind the State House. No tear gas was used on the demon-strators, although hundreds had come with gas masks...
...three-foot clubs and driving squad cars to disperse the crowd. Chased into the streets, the Cemonstrators began breaking windows in the apartment buildings and private homes along Charles St. Eight plate-glass windows in store fronts at Beacon and Charles Sts. were broken by rocks thrown by the demon strator-many of them apparently of high school...
...disease of capitalism" and would swiftly cease to be a problem for a Communist society. Gradually, however, the Kremlin has moved away from that rigid viewpoint and acknowledged that drinking has remained a serious problem. Now Russia's rulers have launched a pervasive propaganda campaign against Demon Vodka, and they are enacting stiff new laws to back up the words...
ENDS: JIM MANDICH, Michigan, 6 ft. 3 in., 225 lbs.; and KEN BURROUGHS, Texas Southern, 6 ft. 5 in., 215 lbs. "Mandich is the kind of rugged tight end who can block like a demon for three quarters, then break the game open with a spectacular catch in the fourth," says one scout. The pros mark him as a savage blocker, and are particularly impressed with the way he can "catch the ball in a crowd and carry three tacklers for five yards." On the whole, scouts were disappointed with the receivers this year, but many feel that Burroughs...