Word: hereticism
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Much of the credit for Hungary's success belongs to Party Boss János Kádár, 65, who came to power when Soviet troops and tanks crushed the abortive freedom fighters' uprising of 1956. Shy and self-effacing, Kádár has...
Technically, Oh God! is an unholy mess, with soupy music and thoroughly insensitive editing (which, for example, totally destroys the performance of William Daniels as Denver's boss, an actor whose magnificent comic timing is chopped to pieces). Maybe Reiner and Gelbart could have wrung more humor from hell instead...
Holywood, which has served for over half a century as America's national fantasy factory, has long been involved in promoting the Christmas myth. From Miracle on 34th Street to Mr. Magoo's Christmas Special, the film industry has churned out dozens of reels of celluloid purveying the Christmas message...
Asimov terms Velikovsky an exoheretic--a scientific heretic whose realm of training and expertise lies outside of the professional scientific community. According to Asimov, because exoheretics are never right, Velikovsky need not be taken seriously. However, since exoheretics are never taken seriously, it seems presumptuous of Asmivos to say that...
Like a heretic defending himself before the Inquisition, Schorr was summoned to testify before a hostile Congressional investigatory committee, armed with questions tailored to trap him into revealing his source. Schorr withstood the pressures of the committee inquiry, braving threats of prosecution for contempt. He told the committee: