Word: devil
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...show, Oberammergau reformers thought they could solve the problem by replacing the Daisenberger play with an older and less passionate Passion text written by Father Ferdinand Rosner of the nearby Ettal Monastery and first performed in 1750. Rosner's allegory-laden verses blame the whole tragedy on the Devil. The "Rosnerites" raised cash for a 1977 trial production. Critics loved the show, but the villagers missed their old familiar lines, scenes and songs from the Daisenberger version. In the 1978 election of the village council, the "Daisenbergers" won and promptly scheduled the usual Passion text, which...
...Devil's Alternative, Forsyth...
...motorists of deaf youngsters. Two of Alice Kline's children are troubled; one is hyperactive, another developed an ulcer-like stomach condition at age seven. In an interview with TIME Correspondent Peter Stoler last week, she admitted: "I used to think that our house was cursed by a devil...
...people of Love Canal got vivid proof that their devil was manmade. Heavy rains turned the former canal into a quagmire of mud, puddled here and there by iridescent pools that fumed and bubbled. The landfill's topsoil began to wash away, revealing Hooker's metal casks, some of them badly corroded and leaking their caustic contents. Says one state environmental official: "It was like a Hieronymus Bosch painting; it really looked like hell...
...Devil's Alternative, Forsyth...