Word: boar
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...church, including the papacy itself. In 1520 he charged in an open letter to the Pope, "The Roman Church, once the holiest of all, has become the most licentious den of thieves, the most shameless of brothels, the kingdom of sin, death and hell." Leo called Luther "the wild boar which has invaded the Lord's vineyard...
Epps said last night he had been concerned that the wrong inferences might be drawn from the show's title and from some formations. "He refused to discuss the details of the offending show, which concerned. "Moby Dick" and "The Love Boar...
...Bible Boar...
...herd obtained on the Castigator's last foray, against the medical profession (Arrowsmith, 1925) and a parallel course is run, from upcreek tabernacles, through a hayseed college and seminary to a big-city edifice with a revolving electric cross. This time the Castigator singles out the biggest boar in sight and hounds him into a gratifyingly slimy slough. The tale has an obscure hero, another Lewisian lie-hunter who, to purge the last bitter dregs of pity and fear, gets his gentle eyes and mouth whipped to a black pulp by the K. K. K. before he is released...
Several stories suggest to the experts that Andropov has an ability to put people at ease, even those who might fear him. Still, there is no hint of the humanity that bubbled from Brezhnev when he was drinking vodka or hunting wild boar. Andropov has no record as a sportsman. He seems totally urban, in complete contrast to the rural flavor of Khrushchev and Brezhnev. It is assumed, but not proved, that Andropov spent his formative political years in Karelia, on the Finnish border. What he did during World War II is also sketchy. Presumably, Andropov was involved...