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Netanyahu looks like the devil. The resemblance is especially apparent in images from his youth. He is handsome and graceful, with a mellifluous voice. Watch him, a worldly man, bending in whispered ...

This “spooky” story centers on a New Hampshire farmer who sells his sole to the Devil and is defended by Daniel Webster, a fictional version of the famous lawyer and orator. With themes of Patriotism, ...

A supernatural character in a play deserves super-imaginative stage tricks. "We all had to sign a pledge not to give away how the magic illusions are done," says playwright Robert Schenkkan, whose new ...

RAILROADS The Devil & Dan’l Webster On a preinaugural demonstration of his new, light, low-gravity-center train, New Haven President George Alpert last week savored the unaccustomed compliments of 225 ...