1. In three centuries of witch hunts 50,000 women are captured, burned alive at the stake.

2. 3, And for Rome to Acquiesce in such witch-hunts must indicate that Rome herself felt threatened

3. In the professional cycling world, we are subject to what seems like constant witch-hunts and finger-pointing.

4. In response to The Hammer of Witches and the papal bull issued by Pope Innocent VIII, major witch hunts broke out in Europe.

5. 3 Nor did a demagogue emerge to match Senator Joseph McCarthy, whose cynical witch-hunts in the l950s put a generation on trial.