Word: witched
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...blazing streams of fire coming from the witch's head," said another, under oath...
Soon the Recorder had Mrs. Czinkota and a Perth Amboy attorney in court. Cried the lawyer to one witness: "Do you actually believe there is such a thing as a witch...
...this day of modern witch burning, when freedom of thought has been exiled from many lands which were once its home, it is the part of Harvard and America to stand for the freedom of the human mind and to carry the torch of truth...
...encouraging independent thought. For an illustration of this, as early as 1692, look at the records of the Salem witchcraft frenzy. This was an event in which many prominent Harvard men were involved, but, characteristically, with entirely different points of view. William Stoughton, the chief prosecutor of the witch trials; Nathaniel Saltonstall, the judge who left the bench "rather than stain his hands with innocent blood"; John Hale, the most active minister among the witch-hunters; Joshua Moody, the minister who braved mob fury in helping some of the accused to escape; and President Mather...
...Ryan flew into a towering rage. Only a few weeks ago an anonymous letter announced that Ryan the Prodigal was "robbing banks and running around with women." The good priest showed this to his friend, understood him to say that the letter was the work of "a hateful witch...