Word: demonism
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...Brooklyn Museum stands a splendid statuette of almost solid copper, silently questioning knowledgeable visitors. The questions: "Do I represent a hero, a king, a priest, a demon, a god, or some ancient's idea of a joke? Was I molded and cast by a Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Kassite, Hurrian, Hyksos, Elamite, or by some barbaric genius of the Caucasus? Was my native city Eridu, perhaps, or Susa. Persepolis, Nineveh, Larsa, Lagash, Umma, Ur, Alalakh, or Hattusas? Am I 5,000 years old, or closer to a mere...
...pious Hindus, a solar eclipse is caused by a demon named Rahu who is only a severed head. He hates the sun because it was instrumental in getting his body removed; so every now and then he tries to swallow...
Behind these four is Gene Mann, the smallest and fastest man on the squad. A tremendous counter player, Mann "covers the court like a demon," according to Barnaby...
This week, though some state officials were giving only guarded, conditional permission for the trials, there was no doubt of the public's eagerness to see the vaccine tested, or of its faith in the mystical powers of white-coated medical researchers to exorcise the demon polio that has made each summertime a season of fear. In Pittsburgh schools, 80% to 95% of parents with children in the first three grades gave written consent for the vaccinations, and nearly all these youngsters showed...
MCDONNELL Aircraft Corp. grounded its Demon jet fighters for which the Navy has placed large orders, while it investigates three test-flight accidents. One plane exploded in midair, another landed with a dead burner, and a third had a fire in the tail section, all in nine days. Pilots escaped serious injury...