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...very much like the airport checkpoints, this columnway did do strange things to my walkman as I walked through. I don't remember exactly what happened, but the tape diverged from the music I had been listening to and played the message "worship the devil and serve your relatives for breakfast at the Union...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: V-66, Keys Tied to Tires, and the Joy of Shopping | 4/14/1987 | See Source »

...Thank you all. Remember God loves you regardless of your race or religion--yes, white, Caucasian, Christian, or fundamentalist, you are blessed in His eyes. I trust you won't let the devil Satan restrain you from generous contributions. And don't forget that donations of three thousand dollars or more will receive a free calculator and an autographed photograph of me shaking hands with president Botha of South Africa...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Oral Arguments | 4/9/1987 | See Source »

...neither Stern nor Whitehead had a claim to the service they were dealing with, any more than Faust had a claim to the soul he dealt the Devil. Stern is certainly not the Devil, and Baby M. is not Whitehead's soul. But the emotions that were being traded have a soul-like sanctity in the sense that they belong to the mysteries of the species and are commonly shared. This is what the Vatican suggested when it recently condemned all artificial practices regarding birth, and one does not have to agree with that blanket condemnation to appreciate its basis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Baby M. - Emotions for Sale | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

...horizontal models, architects have eliminated the need for workers to roll around on their sides or secure their papers messily to their horizontal desks. Yet with these great advances came the most heinous impediment to human happiness since the legalization of codscallops--the elevator. Nowhere is this devil-device more prevalent than in the corporate world of Wall Street...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: The Days of Marble Steps | 3/26/1987 | See Source »

...each sermon, thousands came forward to be saved. Typewriter Repairman Juan Pablo Campo, celebrating a previous born-again commitment, noted, "I used to smoke, dance, drink and chase women. But since I converted less than a year ago, I have won a good battle with the devil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Offering The Hope of Heaven | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

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