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...Milan's weekly Epoca, Jesuit Theologian Armando Guidetti explored related subjects. On reverse gluttony: "The person who to keep a slim figure damages her health by eating too little is guilty of mortal sin." On competitive gluttony: "It is a sin to take part in a competition where the winner is the one who eats or drinks most." On drinking: "'Perfect drunkenness' is definitely listed among mortal sins. 'Imperfect drunkenness,' which leads only to a befuddling of the mind, is generally only a venial...
...long been cultivated. Ever since 1887, when Roman Catholicism became the country's official religion, Catholics found a lively response to whispering campaigns against the threat of Protestantism. Conservative Party Dictator Gómez was convinced that all Protestants were members of the Liberal Party and hence his mortal enemies. Just before Gómez was overthrown by Rojas in 1953, his government signed an agreement with the Vatican cutting two-thirds of the country into 18 mission territories in which only Catholic churches and schools could operate. Rojas carried on where his predecessor left off, suggesting that Protestants...
...Saigon, government officials thought the Devil King was too well equipped with rifles, mortars and ammunition of mortal make, suspected that the real Devil King was a former Communist guerrilla chieftain named Muoi...
Arthur Lutton's Jupiter combined the naivete of the superman with the wistfulness of a god who wishes to experience the mortal man's sensual delights and difficulties. Gardner Tillson's mischievous Mercury is marred by awkwardness and profuseness of gestures. Jane Hanle was generally apathetic as Alkmena but conveyed Alkmena's conquetry and supicious insight. She deserves credit for stepping into her role on one day's notice. Paul Fithian's fatuous Amphitryon, Henry Franck's priggish Trumpeter, Ellen Whitman's inappropriately uncosmopolitan Queen Leda contribute to the carnival of characters who romp through the play. Giraudoux's classico...
...Battle of Britain brought out the most eccentric as well as the best qualities of the British is a major part of the thesis of Writer-Adventurer (Brazil, Tartary, etc.) Peter Fleming. The invasion-threatened British were often funny in the way in which a man, scrambling out of mortal danger, sometimes forgets his pants, and the Germans achieved heights of sinister absurdity. These facts, in focus with Fleming's sharp eye, make sprightly reading of what would otherwise be simply a well-organized and well-informed piece of contemporary narrative...