Word: witched
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...ordinary work-a-night witch. Flowing flaxen tresses, bare feet, bare arms, and nearly bare breasts contained with difficulties by a tattered homespun give this young enchantress a special magic of her own. The prudish townswomen's resentment of the mysterious forest-girl drives them to nail up strangled birds to ward off her heathen charms...
...ghosts with gusto that may well alarm the shyer shades, as well as some readers. To those who are under the impression that the church forbids traffic in ghosts, he explains that the prohibition is against calling them up by necromancy or seance (as did Saul with the Witch of Endor), not against seeing them. Author Leslie limits his Ghost Book to "instances of ghosts, apparitions and messages from the other or twilight world which have come under Catholic cognizance or suggest Catholic interpretations...
...both jealous guardians of congressional prerogatives, have put in their bids for a grand-scale "investigation" by Congress. Many other lawmakers, who know Patman as a longtime foe of FRB, are afraid of just that. As House Minority Leader Joseph Martin says, "Congress could turn the study into a witch hunt," and thus confuse instead of clarify the issues. But the main reason that Congress should not make the study, say many Congressmen, is that the project has too broad a scope for any of the regular congressional committees to handle...
...husband, struggling to find meaning or justice in a frustrating world, David Lange is rather eloquent. David Cupp's rigid expressions are just right for the Spanish nobleman father, and Phyllis Ferguson, as the mother, conveys sorrow and resentment in a visually excellent manner. Lee Jeffries, as a witch-like partial leader of the chorus and voice of conscience, grinds out her evil incantations with great effect, even if she at first juggles a few too many accents on her tongue. Louise Bell, as the vision of the dead sister, is properly lovely, graceful, and ethereal...
...inspiration for another poem, Provide, Provide was a strike of the University's scrubbing staff. The work begins, "The witch that came (the withered hag) to wash the steps with pail...