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Thetis
Thetis , in Greek mythology, a nereid, mother of Achilles. She was loved by both Zeus and Poseidon, but because of a prophecy that her son would be greater than his father, the gods gave her in marriage to a mortal, Peleus. According to one legend, Thetis burned alive her first six sons and sent... Read more |
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Louis Gaufridi
Godfrey (or Gaufridi) (d. 1611) A priest of Provence, France, who was accused of seducing several women, one of them a nun. To save herself the nun asserted that Godfrey had bewitched her. Arrested and imprisoned, Godfrey was tortured until he confessed that he was a magician and that he had,... Read more |
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Richard James Morrison
Morrison, Richard James (1795-1874) The contemporary revival of interest in astrology reversed a trend that saw astrology almost disappear from Western culture by the end of the eighteenth century. Astrology began its slow return in a format capable of existing in the scientifically-oriented... Read more |
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Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen Considered by many to be one of the most important musicians to emerge from the 1970s, rock icon Bruce Springsteen (born 1949) tells stories about everyday people in his songs. Whether talking about Vietnam veterans in "Born in the U.S.A.," or reflecting on the aftermath of... Read more |
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Sigismondo Malatesta
Malatesta, Sigismondo (b Rimini, 1417; d Rimini, 9 Oct. 1468). Italian nobleman, ruler of Rimini from 1432 until his death. A brilliant and totally unscrupulous condottiere, he is the archetype of the megalomaniac, paganizing tyrant once thought to be characteristic of the Italian Renaissance. His... Read more |
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Counting Crows
Counting CrowsRock group Counting Crows made their debut in 1993 with August and Everything After, an album recorded in a cavernous Los Angeles mansion. The sound of the band—and the vocals of its burly front man, the dreadlocked Adam Duritz—instantly drew comparisons to such earlier rock giants as... Read more |
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Daniel Carter Beard
Daniel Carter Beard 1850-1941, American illustrator and naturalist, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, studied at the Art Students League, New York City. He illustrated many books (among them the first edition of Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court ) and taught animal drawing. He became... Read more |
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Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick , 1878-1969, American clergyman, b. Buffalo, N.Y., grad. Colgate Univ., 1900, and Union Theological Seminary, 1904. Ordained a Baptist minister in 1903, he was pastor in Montclair, N.J., until 1915. From that year until 1946, Fosdick was professor of practical theology at Union... Read more |
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Antonello da Messina
Antonello da Messina , c.1430-79, Sicilian painter, b. Messina. Antonello appears to have had early contact with Flemish art. In his deft handling of the oil medium—his rendering of transparent surfaces and minute landscape details—a strong Northern influence can be seen. About 1475 he... Read more |
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VIGILANTES BURN TWO COPS ALIVE; Mob thought they were kidnappers.(News)
...TWO policemen were burned alive by a mob of vigilantes who thought the plain...and beat the two men and a colleague. One of the men was eventually dragged...milling around the burned, motionless bodies...a 28-year-old ... |
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Village mobs rise in war-wracked Nepal; The government has backed the recent...
...fists, a crowd of men formed in the village...supporters," a young man shouted as the mob...Kapilvastu district, the men of Ganeshpur village...support for civilian vigilante groups represents...stick-wielding man last month in ... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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BLACK VIGILANTES BURN S. AFRICA VILLAGE, KILL 6.(Main)
...These were men bent on murder...is using the vigilantes to defeat anti...Cape Town. The vigilantes, armed with...last month, was burned as one of the first targets of the vigilante attack along...lives as the vigilantes ... |
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THE EVIL MEN DO ARE WE ANY DIFFERENT THAN THOSE WE DESPISE? DO WE SECRETLY...
...about a good cop, the kind of man, Ayer says ``that makes up...children of the parents who, in a vigilante act, burned Krueger alive. ``I've always felt like...Hollywood's true mavericks, the man who directed such ambitious movies... |
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Man arrestedover couple burned alive
...November 2006. The PSNI said the man was arrested in the Newry area...flamable liquid and then burnt alive at their home on Foley Road...Ireland. Police believe up to six men forced their way into their...carried out by self-styled vigilantes. One ... |
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Peru TV Shows Images of Man Burned Alive
...hospital, officials said. He was later transferred to the Juliaca hospital, where he died about an hour after arriving.Vigilante justice is common in Peru's remote rural areas where people complain of a lack of police presence.About 1,000 residents... |
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Kenyans Turn Vigilante As Crime Surges
...black mask. The man, accused of being...fourth person to be burned alive this month in this...example to them." The vigilante violence is just...stealing were killed and burned in Kisumu this month...smashed, looted and ... |
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As thieves take advantage of postelection violence, Kenyans turn vigilante
...were visible. The man, accused by people...fourth person to be burned alive within two days...thieves were killed and burned in Kisumu on Sunday...media. The number of vigilante attacks "is very...was aware of two men who ... |
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Jakarta vigilantes kill with impunity.
...JAKARTA, Indonesia - Vigilante mobs have slain more...stripped him naked and burned him alive on a South Jakarta street. * Five men were beaten and burned to death near an East...105 persons murdered by vigilante mobs ... |
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Vigilante Justice; Angry citizens are taking the law into their own hands,...
...nearly lifeless then burned two of them alive while thousands...and imagined. Vigilantes often "lynch...the sense that vigilantes are going after...alarming rise in vigilante justice, centered...generally agree that ... |
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