Word: deviled
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...Judas, Cain and Adolf Hitler -who used to shout "Heil!" through Anneliese's voice. Renz even played one of the 43 tapes made during the exorcisms so that listeners could hear Anneliese growling obscenities, screaming guttural curses and raving wildly. Only death finally released her. Said Renz: "The devil does not reside in a dead body...
...bishop also warned that any talk of the devil that is intended to "strike terror into the hearts of people instead of arousing confidence in God" is contrary to the spirit of the New Testament. Misconceptions about "demoniacal possession," he reminded them, had played a "disastrous role" over the centuries. So they had. In Wūrzburg alone, in one grim year in the 17th century, some 300 witches had been burned for trafficking with the devil...
...finished Journey, Celine, born Louis-Ferdinand Detouches, was nearly 40. A doctor, he worked the night shift at the municipal clinic in the poor district of Clichy, attending to prostitutes and alcoholics and patching up men smashed in street fights. Nobody looked less like a novelist. "A big devil with an inscrutable face and a scornful mouth," he reminded acquaintances of "a cafe owner on holiday...
...lice were omnipresent, as was the disease they carried-typhus fever. Frequent births and poor obstetrics accounted for the high mortality in mothers; the death rate among black women served by midwives was lower than among whites served by physicians. Mental illness was seen as the work of the devil: the village idiot was either derided or tolerated, while the more violent were shackled and jailed...
Whenever Jimmy makes an important decision, he talks it over with Rosalynn. She often plays the part of devil's advocate. As she says self-deprecatingly: "He needs to know what people who are not as smart as he is think about things." Jimmy especially values her perception of people. If she approves of someone, he is in; if not, he is out. She clearly had a say in the vice-presidential decision...