Word: weirdness
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...cast you out, unclean spirit, along with every satanic power of the enemy, every specter from hell, and all your fell companions, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." In addition to such ritual bouts, Catholic priests are occasionally called upon to pronounce blessings to ward off weird and possibly sinister occurrences. Just two weeks ago, for example, an Indianapolis priest uttered such prayers at the home of a teenage devil worshiper. The reason: objects kept moving about inexplicably...
...earned him a place at nearby Lafayette College, where a raffish free spirit named Willem van Breda Kolff came to coach and inherited Pete, then in his senior year. "I had my preconceived notions," says van Breda Kolff of his sawed-off, would-be star. "He threw up some weird shots." But van Breda Kolff, a former player in the National Basketball Association, recognized talent. "Pete was very, very quick," he says. And deceptive. Years later, when Princeton graduate Bill Bradley was a young player with the New York Knickerbockers, he came to Carril for mano-a-mano pointers. Carril...
Daniel H. Tabak '92 complained about thelimited selection of artists. "There's no BillyJoel, there's no Beatles, there's no Spinal Tapand there's no 'Weird Al' Yankovic, ergo there'sno culture," he said...
...Crew was symolized in the McCagg Twins [Betsy and Mary] and [Olympian and stroke] Juliet Thompson," seven-seat Buriak said, "so it's weird not to have them around but we're still a pretty big boat, so I think we'll be fine. We weren't as fast as I wanted to be this weekend, but I'm sure it will work...
...women say they think the men may be "weird." The poster that told them of the party read, "If you have a problem getting to this party, call Mike," and included a phone number, they say. "If they are that desperate, they must be kind of weird," says Miller...