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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Meriwether shrugs it off but concedes, "Walking the halls can be a little uneasy. People say things, testing you." Classes have been routine, although Meriwether says one teacher discussed slavery by lecturing about "the white devil," prompting everyone in class to turn and stare at Meriwether. "I was like, Daaamn!" he says. "I can understand why people come out of here angry if that's how they're taught...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Meriwether: White Men Can Jump | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

Jalane D. Schmidt, a teaching fellow for one of Matory's classes, said this bembe might disabuse people of the misconception that Santeria includes devil-worshipping and human sacrifice...

Author: By John P. Posch, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Join in Santeria Festival | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...screenplays for Jerry Bruckheimer. In this action-packed tale, a young man is saved from imminent death twice and then has to go to hell and back--no, really--to win the hand of the princess he loves. The religious right may not like the sympathetic portrayal of the devil's granny, but no one can fault the charming illustrations or the happy ending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Children's Books: A Readable Feast | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

Recruiting seniors who enter consulting or investment-banking are often charged to have somehow entered a Faustian contract and sold their souls to the devil. Sure, I have met people upon whom I wish the proletarian revolution, but on the other end of the materialist spectrum sit social-justice advocates who attack recruiting seniors with a vengeance that makes the Intifada look like a bunch of PBH counselors. Hearing some of the charges waged against recruiting seniors makes me grateful for the fire codes which have prevented those social justice advocates from holding candlelight vigils in front of their dorm...

Author: By Alexander T. Nguyen, | Title: Blame Harvard for Cold Hearts | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

Some years ago, the people of Chile made a pact with the devil, an inelegant pact, repugnant to all lovers of justice. But because of it, the Chileans have peace, democracy and hope for a better future. This pact is fragile. Meddling by third parties from the other side of the globe is breathtakingly mischievous. Chilean President Eduardo Frei is struggling manfully to maintain domestic tranquillity in the country, to keep a restive army in its barracks and to prevent blood from flowing once more in the streets of Santiago. JOHN RAY Fontenay-Tresigny, France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 23, 1998 | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

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