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...generals, just weeks after U.S. sanctions were announced. The rallies were organized by the regime's political wing, the Union Solidarity and Development Association, which has millions of members but only because state employees must join or lose their jobs. At one meeting in the ancient capital of Pagan, thousands of people "enthusiastically and unanimously" approved Khin Nyunt's scheme, reported the New Light of Myanmar. The newspaper's photos showed people sitting rigidly in perfect rows, looking miserable. Pagan is not a populous town, so to meet the Wagnerian standards set by meetings elsewhere in the country, people...
...pantomimes plucking ideas out of the air. Sullivan personally practices this process of selective screening. “Things like reincarnation and stuff like that, I don’t believe in,” says the Catholic-raised Californian who describes himself as a “pagan Buddhist with Catholic sympathies...
...chalk markings appeared on the sidewalk a few days after I moved into my new house. A symbol that looked like two half-moons back to back was scrawled beneath the words "Outside the Box." What did it mean? Was it some bizarre pagan ritual conducted by aficionados of business slogans? Nope--Outside the Box was the name I had assigned on my computer to my wi-fi network. There was only one explanation: I'd been warchalked...
Sargent Neil Howie (Edward Woodward) has come to Summerisle from the Scottish mainland in order to find a young girl who has been reported missing by a mysterious note. As he investigates, the strongly Christian Howie is shocked to discover the island’s strange pagan rituals. There are several powerful moments, including some nude frolicking by Britt Ekland in an attempt to entrap the virtuous Howie, a naked school prayer session and any of a clutch of scenes involving the hypnotizing Lord Summerisle in the role of Lee’s career...
...doctrine of jihad. On a recent Friday, the sermon was mundane at Jidda's Juffali Mosque, which is next to Chop-Chop Square, so called for the work of the executioners who practice there. On the agenda were the importance of good deeds, kind words and the rejection of pagan customs...