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From inside the hessian sack comes a low growl. Wildlife biologist Nick Mooney reaches in and carefully pulls out a Tasmanian devil, the largest carnivorous marsupial, a halo of stiff whiskers framing bright brown eyes and rich, dark fur; an open mouth revealing sharp teeth. Tasmania is famed as much for its creatures as its landscapes, and chief in this unique menagerie is the devil, reportedly so named by early settlers, who were rattled by its ferocity and the ungodly sounds of its squabbles over food. Few ever get this close to the stocky, dog-like creature, which scavenges...
...make for a darker evening. Stravinsky’s “L’histoire du Soldat” is based on a play by the French playwright C.F. Ramuz set to music for septet. It tells the story of a soldier who trades his violin with the devil for magical powers...
...manager suggests that Total has to publicize the positive things about investing in a military dictatorship: jobs, development, even the hope of change. Good point, Dairon says--and one that is a nonstarter for Total's critics, who can't see any good in making a deal with the devil. "We are a company of engineers," says Dairon. "We are very rational. Perhaps we work too rationally." Changing culture, it seems, is easier said than done...
...fellow Shakespeare in Love producers onstage at the Oscars! Cower as he throws stuff across the room! Wince as he chews out loyal employees! And the critics rave. "He's like a little Saddam Hussein of cinema," says Bernardo Bertolucci. "He's a true vulgarian," says Kevin Smith. "The devil himself. Satan! Lucifer!" says Spike...
...could preach fluently, predict the future and travel, she claimed, from Paris to Tours and back by angel power. But were her gifts from God, the devil or her own vivid imagination? Grunwald, a former editor-in-chief of Time Inc., is less interested in theology and is-she-or-isn't-she games than in the subtle psychology and sociology of faith and its obverse, doubt: what makes people believe, what makes people want to believe and what makes belief fail. To this end he surrounds Nicole with a bestiary of believers who try to come to terms with...