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...bloodthirsty vampires. No longer are they of Dracula’s ilk, who at least treated his prey like dainty four-course meals. Deacon Frost, the latest threat to humanity, wants nothing to do with such namby-pambiness and seeks to become the all-powerful vampiric avatar, La Magra. Blade, of course, is not big on plot; the movie’s true strength lies in its new-age rendition of Stoker’s saga with Marvel Comic elements. And the visuals of Blade pumping silver into vampire gut. Blade screens...
...course there are other factors involved. The core of Ananda Magra in Boston-Cambridge consists of about 20 people, but over 125 have taken "initiation" or preliminary instruction. Some people simply aren't interested in spiritual organizations and prefer to meditate on their own; and some newcomers are rubbed the wrong way by the enthusiasm of organizers. One Harvard student, for instance, said he felt put off by the group's intense style of interacting. Hassles have ranged from dealing with male dominance to overcoming the generation gap, from philosophical uncertainty to individual dislikes; and everybody has had struggles...
...cemetery in the town of Albiano Magra (pop. 1,500), 60 miles southeast of Genoa, was filled to capacity, and in order to make space the town fathers ordered the construction of a large concrete wall with precut niches to fit average-length coffins. The Socialist-Communist city planners thought they solved the problem neatly, but when some coffins had to be shaved at both ends because their occupants were too long for their resting place, Christian Democrats angrily accused the Marxists of tampering with the dead "just as you trim the budget...
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