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David's anointment is doubly ironic, for it serves wily Samuel's purpose as well as God's; rumors of Samuel's strategy persuade Saul that he has, in fact, been rejected by God. Too late the Witch of Endor warns the king: "Your first sin against God was doubt." Hounded by the sense that he has failed God's trust, Saul loses faith in himself and those around him. Suspicion of David (who becomes a national hero with the slaying of Goliath) gnaws at Saul's soul until he is obsessed with...
...losing the non-South Negro vote, which could be pivotal in at least nine states, came last fortnight when N.A.A.C.P. Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins, referring specifically to Southern congressional leaders, suggested that it is time for Negroes to swap "the known devil [the Democrats] for the suspected witch [the Republicans...
...Freudian mechanism of wish fulfill ment. It is useless to go by the opinions of unbelievers, because most of the unanalyzed tend to feel superior to those who have succumbed sufficiently to life's stresses to pay heavily to go to a "talking doctor," "head-shrinker," or "witch doctor," and have their "heads candled." On the other hand, it is all but impossible to argue with an orthodox Freudian (as with an adherent of any other "one true faith") because anybody who rejects the dogma is instantly accused of doing so only because he has an inner, unconscious "resistance...
...Woodman, and Lion, as played by John Bernard, Fred Morehouse, and John Fenn, have a lot more fun and are very successful. Marc Brugnoni's excellent Wizard has a winsomeness and honesty which is very appealing. He, Fenn, and Anne Adams, in the dubious role of the Good Witch, turn in the happiest performances in pleasant, sprightly show...
Ever-rabid in its denunciation of Senator McCarthy's witch hunts, the Americans for Democratic Action has recently assumed its own air of inquisitorial self-righteousness. Last week the national headquarters intervened to prevent Alger Hiss from speaking at the Swarthmore chapter of the ADA. Since the national organization gave no other grounds for its authoritarian behavior, its action obviously represents an attempt to raise a facade of political respectability...