The 72-year-old said he had "beginner's luck" in 2011 with his first ENO production, The Damnation of Faust.

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In a country where 80.9% of the population is Catholic, the prospect of eternal damnation is a powerful threat.

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Yet most bankers seem to dread damnation in the hereafter as little as censure in the here and now.

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Their fiery prophets threaten them with hellfire and eternal damnation if they do not repent and change their ways.

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The impression she leaves is that she'll tough out damnation.

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He consulted widely among his companions, and the message of Islam forbade a believer from killing another believer at the risk of damnation as a punishment for the transgressor.

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It was a force at once inspiring and terrible, a faith with no resemblance to the Christian belief in Mass and sacraments, hellfire and damnation, sin and redemption, penance and forgiveness.

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