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Died. Margaret Alice Murray, 100, Egyptologist and demonologist, a wispy spinster (4 ft. 6 in.) who in 1904 at Abydos on the Nile was the first woman archaeologist to conduct her own "digs," went tenting with Bedouins at 70, finally "retired" to lecture on sorcery in England, where she held listeners spellbound as she expounded her thesis that the Inquisitors were absolutely right, Joan of Arc was indeed a witch; in Welwyn, Hertfordshire...
...that the weight of evidence is on Crankshaw's side." But just in case it was, Griffith added: "You can argue either way; either Khrushchev is in trouble, or he's so secure in power that he can perfectly well afford to mention retiring." One daring Demonologist even suggested that Nikita himself gaily was spreading the rumors in order to rally more support...
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