Word: helling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...less is known about the fallen angels than those who still reside in heaven, but Davidson nonetheless provides some background on 103 of Satan's allies. Focalor, a mighty duke who commands 30 legions of demonic spirits, has the special mission of sinking ships of war. Mammon is hell's ambassador to England. Rabdos can stop planets in their course. One of the least fortunate of devils is Azza, who is eternally destined to be suspended between heaven and earth as punishment for having sexual intercourse with mortal women...
...group. Most are male, and their principal language is Hebrew-one reason, perhaps, why 11,000 angels are alleged to guard every Jew. Davidson, of course, also knows whom to send to the aid of any woman who happens to have her garter stolen-Nergal, chief of hell's secret police...
...tired of finding themselves alone at dining tables, fending off questions about civil rights from groups of white classmates. "There might be one or two white cats you might feel close to," says Yale's Junior Craig Foster, "but there comes a time when you say 'To hell with them...
...presumably less by fear than by the knowledge that they are supposed to be stretching a one-set drama into a feature film. Despite some flashy hall-of-mirrors camera work, Penthouse is as vacant as a house for sale, emptied by film makers who couldn't let hell enough alone...
...legendary ruthlessness, Shannon offers the familiar explanation: they resulted from a lifelong "contest against shadows" that were cast by his older brothers and his strong-willed father. In a family that dismissed second best as no better than last, Bobby developed from what one acquaintance called "a hell of a nice little boy" into what Shannon describes as a ferocious, "mildly sadistic" competitor who inherited "a certain natural savagery" from his father...