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witch-hunt a rigorous campaign to round up or expose dissenters on the pretext of safeguarding the welfare of the public How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In a bit of amusing casting irony, David Strathairn, last seen battling Joe McCarthy in the black-and-white "Good Night, and Good Luck," plays another witch-hunting '50s senator, Estes Kefauver, in this mostly black-and- white production. An Abundance Of Witches: The Great Scottish Witch-Hunt is a detailed history of witch-hunting and persecution in Scotland from approximately 1658-1662, an era generally thought to be the high point of a turbulent history of violence and hatred for accused witches. He's going to run for the governorship having failed to demonstrate that his crusade was much more than politically motivated witch-hunting. |
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