Word: devil
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ability to conquer, destroy and dominate others. Furthermore, Hitler hated black people with great passion. And given Minister Farrakhan's devotion to the cause of black freedom, he would not claim that Hitler was morally great. Nevertheless, the mainstream press portrayed Minister Farrakhan as a Nazi -- that is, a devil in our midst. Surely, if we believe Minister Farrakhan was morally wrong to have once held that whites were devils, it is wrong of us to believe he is a devil...
...country's leading male feminist advocate. But he came gradually to the conviction that the feminist take on men left out an important part of the story: the real powerlessness of most men. In any case: "Feminism suggested that God might be a 'she,' but not that the devil might also be a 'she.' Feminism articulated the shadow side of men and the light side of women. It neglected the shadow side of women and the light side...
Mona, however, is another story. As a larger than life she-devil, Olin plays her with wonderfully demonic wickedness. She brandishes a deranged laugh as well as she does a pistol. Unfortunately, Medak gives us no insight (aside form an out-of-left-field tale of her losing her virginity) into why she is indeed so bad. She is instead figure with pseudo-super powers and an inexplicable penchant for evil. That Olin must parade around in stiletto heels and garters only erodes her character's credibility even further...
...dean said the reverend preaching the sermon illustrated an analogy between the struggle for equality and baseball, naming first base faith, second hope, third charity, pitcher Christ, shortstop love, catcher the holy ghost, batter the devil, and the umpire God. The reverend then said that theumpire would call the devil out, and slavery out,and segregation...
...mixed up with more worldly matters. Prince and Madonna peddle images of salvation but marinate them with eroticism. In one of his songs, rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg imagines confronting a supernatural being in a near-death experience -- but he doesn't make clear whether it's God or the devil. In an MTV Unplugged appearance, Kurt Cobain of the alternative band Nirvana performs a song called Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam. Is he being serious or ironic? His secular cool masks any religious intent...