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Perhaps neither liberals nor conservatives will win, but the religious fundamentalists will. In this case, prepare for the '80s to be labeled the Decade of Satan. After all, Satan did force Jim Bakker into that motel room, and Jimmy Swaggert into that car. Satan made the Supreme Court rule against school prayer and for the right to flag-burn. And Satan did lure Don Johnson into a singing career...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Who Writes History? | 12/16/1989 | See Source »

...including perhaps what it claims are $12 billion in weapons purchased from the U.S. but never delivered. So the Iranians' public response to the deal in the Hague was lukewarm. Perhaps leery of giving domestic hard-liners grounds to charge that the Islamic republic is negotiating with the Great Satan, Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmoud Vaezi described the deal as a decision made by the Hague tribunal and not by Washington. "It has nothing to do with the U.S. Administration's goodwill," he insisted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Game of Winks and Nods | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...John Putnam Demos, Entertaining Satan (NewYork: Oxford University Press, 1932), p.60...

Author: By Jenny LYN Bader, | Title: Superstition | 10/11/1989 | See Source »

Dazed, I immediately fell four beats behind the rest of the group. My main problem was that whenever Satan changed leg motions--from right kick/searing pain to left kick/searing pain, for example--my arms would drop to my sides...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Low-Impact, High Pain | 9/28/1989 | See Source »

Towards the end of the session, I began following Satan's commands with unquestioning obedience. No longer did I evaluate each shout as an independent request, subject to numerous interpretations and scholarly debate. To stay in rhythm with the music, I had to act before thinking...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Low-Impact, High Pain | 9/28/1989 | See Source »

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