Word: propheteers
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...conjecture. He still hides from reporters, and no plans have been announced for concerts beyond an appearance at Manhattan's Carnegie Hall next week at a memorial concert for Woody Guthrie. But whether he is in or out of sight, Dylan's power as a trendmaker and prophet for the college-age crowd is sure to grow with the appearance of John Wesley Harding...
...hours later, Harvard was a loser for the fourth time in six outings by 72-67, and Wilson deserved prophet status. In the first half, when Harvard fell hopelessly behind by 20 points, the Crimson gave the ball away 14 times...
...TRIALS OF BROTHER JERO and THE STRONG BREED, by African Playwright Wole Soyinka, introduce two aspects of Nigerian life to Manhattan audiences. In the first play, Harold Scott is a devil of a "prophet" as he gathers his "flock" on the beaches. In the second, Scott gives a taut interpretation of a voluntary victim of tribal sacrifices...
...Round Table, and Ruskin, who was writing about the ancient splendor and modern squalor in architecture. Morris got himself into an echoing rage when a suit of armor he had commissioned from the Oxford blacksmith (the better to pose for a picture) jammed its visor and locked the prophet within...
...hilarious paroxysm of physical prostration and rhetorical incantation involves Brother Jero's efforts to keep a member of his flock from beating his wife. If he permitted the man to do so, the prophet confides to the audience, the wife beater would be so inwardly satisfied that he might never return for more of Brother Jero's ministrations. The title role is played with unerring finesse by Harold Scott, who is sly, playful, sanctimonious or lecherous, as the occasion demands...