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The Devil's Dictionary: Machination

by Ambrose Bierce MACEMACROBIANMACHINATION -n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open and honorable efforts to do the right thing. So plain the advantages of…

The Koran/Sura CXIV — Men

Sura CXIV — MenMecca or Medina — 6 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful SAY: I betake me for refuge to the Lord of MEN, The King of men, The God of men, Against the…

The Koran/Sura IV — Women

Sura IV — Women[1071] Medina — 175 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful O MEN! fear your Lord, who hath created you of one man (nafs, soul), and of him created his…

Ray Walston 2001 Deaths

Ray WalstonAge: 86 versatile, eccentric actor who won a Tony Award for his role as the Devil in Broadway's Damn Yankees. He may have in fact sold his soul to Satan when he signed on to play…

The Devil's Dictionary: Ll.d.

by Ambrose Bierce LIVERLOCK-AND-KEYLL.D. Letters indicating the degree Legumptionorum Doctor, one learned in laws, gifted with legal gumption. Some suspicion is cast upon this derivation…

Jehovah's Witnesses

This sect grew out of the International Bible Students Association, founded in 1872 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916). After intensive study of the Bible, he…

Ray Walston Biography

Ray WalstonHerman WalstonactorBorn: 12/2/1914Birthplace: Laurel, Mississippi versatile, eccentric actor who won a Tony Award for his role as the Devil in Broadway's Damn Yankees. He may have in fact…

Faust (Play)

Music:Charles GounodLibretto:Michel Carré and Jules BarbierPremiere:Paris, March 19, 1859 Rich drama and ornate occultism made Faust an immediate popular success. The elderly philosopher…

The Koran/Sura VII — Al Araf

Sura VII — Al ArafMecca — 205 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful ELIF. LAM. MIM. SAD.[742] A Book hath been sent down to thee: therefore let there be no difficulty…