Word: devil
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...camps to operate, and the U.S. is considering adding Sudan to its list of countries that sponsor terrorism, but none of that so far appears to have had much effect. Many terrorist organizations and their sponsors seem for the moment to be lying low. But just as the devil in Christian theology is supposed to be most effective when people no longer believe in him, terrorists may be most dangerous precisely if -- and because -- the civilized world begins to downplay the threat...
...sympathy for the devil and the Rolling Stones...
...nature of humanity and our never ending challenge: to keep working, to keep mending, to keep building. It has been suggested that Sisyphus is the myth most typical of the human condition. A better choice might be Faust, who, after all his dealings with God and the devil (not to mention Helen and Gretchen), winds up erecting dams against the tides of the North Sea, dams that are never totally secure and must always be rebuilt. Goethe points the moral, "Only he deserves his life and his freedom who conquers them anew every...
While in Philadelphia, Muhammad frequently addressed audiences using inflammatory and racist rhetoric, calling white people at one time," the blue-eyed devil," another time, "the enemy of humanity" and still another time, the "killer" who creates an "unseen reality" that manipulates Blacks to commit violent acts against each other...
...dancing, look for the Omni/New Daisy or perhaps 616, which claims to be "as close to New York as it gets." But remember that you're in the Bible Belt. A recent Memphis magazine poll found "Dancing is the work of the devil!" to be a popular response to the "Best Place for Dancing" question...