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... threatened and , on several occasions , actually fire - bombed . Publishing staff have had to face a campaign of hate mail , menacing phone calls , death threats and bomb scares . Demonstrations have , on occasion , turned violent , too ...
... threatened and , on several occasions , actually fire - bombed . Publishing staff have had to face a campaign of hate mail , menacing phone calls , death threats and bomb scares . Demonstrations have , on occasion , turned violent , too ...
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... threatened but still , happily , with us . I am not the first artist to be accused of blasphemy and apostasy ; these are , in fact , probably the most common weapons with which fundamentalism has sought to shackle creativity in the ...
... threatened but still , happily , with us . I am not the first artist to be accused of blasphemy and apostasy ; these are , in fact , probably the most common weapons with which fundamentalism has sought to shackle creativity in the ...
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... threatened , but that doesn't lessen my gratitude . I needed it , and it was provided . ( I'm still no Tory , but that's democracy . ) I feel grateful , too , to my protectors , who have done such a magnificent job , and who have become ...
... threatened , but that doesn't lessen my gratitude . I needed it , and it was provided . ( I'm still no Tory , but that's democracy . ) I feel grateful , too , to my protectors , who have done such a magnificent job , and who have become ...
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References to this book
Laying the Ladder Down: The Emergence of Cultural Holism Betty Jean Craige No preview available - 1992 |