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As a Christian, he knows that Romans 12:21 says, “Be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.”

“Anniversary” situates a nonthreatening woman as the vessel for such evil, even as Liz’s male host, Josh, starts to embody the most extreme outcomes of what she has set in motion.

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The Catholic Church considers these grave moral evils, and the bishops placed them at the top of their list of their “specific conference investment policies.”

His lawyers claim the global banking giant misled US authorities with the aim of branding him the "evil mastermind" behind alleged Libor misconduct in an effort to protect its senior executives and minimise regulatory fines.

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King’s original 1986 novel that provided the basis for the series and the movies follows the eternal evil creature known as “It,” which exploits the fears of its victims, who are often young children.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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