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...effecting mer the cury and sulphide of mercury. In 1890 an Italian professor got results from a concoction of chocolate, water, sugar, casein, milk serum and salt. Even the Vatican's doubts did not daunt the Neapolitans. After San Gennaro lost his place on the church calendar, a fervent follower scrawled on the saint's altar in the cathedral: "San Gennaro, don't give a damn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Godfather of Naples | 10/9/1972 | See Source »

...here. The passion that animated the early founders of Zion has cooled. The new passionate people are the Arab fedayeen, and in some small dark recess of the national psyche, the Israelis are jealous. In particular, the not-so-young married women who are the book's most fervent admirers have found in Hannah a vicarious release from the unromantic demands of industrialized nation building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rachel Revisited | 7/3/1972 | See Source »

...Mauriac. "I have never slept so badly," says Jacqueline Forgereau, a chain smoker who took the pledge. "I manage to swallow half a gallon of mineral water daily, but I can't stop eating. I don't know how much longer I can keep this up." The most fervent denunciations of all have come from some of the town's six tobacconists, whose sales have dropped as much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detente Stops at Home | 6/5/1972 | See Source »

...that religions exist essentially to explain the meaning of human existence in ultimate terms. Successful religious movements, he finds, maintain a high profile of unshakable beliefs, exclusiveness, strict discipline, zeal, and a distinct code of behavior. A classic case was the early Methodist movement, which achieved social power through fervent piety and preaching, and puritanical rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Methodist Malaise | 5/8/1972 | See Source »

...personal qualifications to become an extremely effective popular leader. He is gregarious, highly emotional and remarkably attuned to the needs and moods of his supporters. He has an uncanny ability to remember names and faces. Mujib is also a spellbinding orator with a simplistic message and a pungent, fervent style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Great Man or Rabble-Rouser? | 1/17/1972 | See Source »

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