Word: witches
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...WITCH-HUNT FOR SMOKERS...
...wouldn't stop me either. It is ridiculous to think that just for being caught smoking three times, kids under 18 can have their license revoked. There are drunk drivers on the road who have been caught more times than that and still continue to drive. The witch-hunt for smokers has gone too far. MIRIELLE PETITJEAN Columbia...
...done for so many other shameful episodes in its history: the Inquisition, Galileo and its conduct during World War II. As for the Vatican official quoted in your article who said, "Some of these women are well intentioned, but the bulk of them are power-hungry witches," someone needs to tell him that using witch as a derogatory term for women perceived as troublemakers by the Catholic Church went out of vogue a long time ago. CHRISTINE ALLAMANNO St. Petersburg...
...covers the theatrical writings of Shakespeare and scenes of conjuring, exorcism and magic. Texts range from "The Witch of Edmonton" and "Twelfth Night" to "Macbeth" and "The Tempest...
Carrier was the offspring of an old New England family--in fact, his many times great-grandmother, who was known for her "keen sense of justice and a sharp tongue," was hanged as a witch by the Puritans in Salem. The son of a farmer and a "birthright Quaker" mother, Carrier was the only child in a houseful of adults, including his grandparents and great-aunt. He seems to have been a born tinkerer and figurer-out of problems. Unfortunately, he was seriously handicapped by lack of wherewithal. He worked his way through high school, taught for three years...