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...humans can be possessed by what exorcism chronicler Malachi Martin called "personal and intelligent evil," and most prescribe measures to win back the victim. Jesus cast out demons on six occasions; a transdenominational echo of the rite is found in Christian godparents' promise that their godchild will renounce the devil and all his works and ways. For centuries every Roman Catholic priest's ordination included an explicit induction into the Order of the Exorcist...
...million they spent in Yugoslavia building up the opposition (except Kostunica's party, which received no foreign help) with direct grants, training and equipment. The U.S. is ready to deal with anyone but Milosevic, although it realizes President Kostunica could prove a handful. He's not the Serb devil Washington knows, but he's still a determined nationalist with contrary goals...
...well in American politics. And the most puzzling of these latter-day Puritans emerge every election season, toting charts and graphs and public policy initiatives, all intended to prove what their more theologically minded forebears always believed: namely, that America is on a fast-track express to hell. Their devil is no longer Lucifer, who so terrified the divines of the 17th century--rather, they see perdition looming in the "crisis" of low voter-turnout...
...Soccer vs. B.C., 3 p.m. W. Volleyball vs. UMass, 7 p.m. M. Water Polo vs. MIT, 8 p.m. TOMORROW Field Hockey vs. UConn, 3:30 p.m. M. Soccer at Providence, 3:30 p.m. ON TELEVISION Devil Rays at Red Sox, NESN, 7 p.m. Braves at Marlins, TBS, 7 p.m. Astros at Cardinals, ESPN...
Hanging out with the elf Black Hanging out with that libidinous Peter, who punishes snotty kids "holy devil" Rasputin...