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Word: aphrodisiacs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lest readers doubt the author's moral purpose, Hsi's only son is clawed to death by Gold Lotus' cat. Hsi himself dies in his prime from an overdose of aphrodisiac pills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: China's Forbidden Classic | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

...good Catholic, good Democratic "organization judge," got the case. Before him last week appeared Lawyer Goldstein with his plaintiff and four of his Lordship's published works,* proceeded to review the offending books. Said Critic Goldstein, Philosopher Russell's writings are "lecherous, salacious, libidinous, lustful, venerous, erotomaniac, aphrodisiac, atheistic, irreverent, narrow-minded, untruthful and bereft of moral fiber." Furthermore, he roared, the Earl had run an English nudist colony, gone in for salacious poetry, winked at homosexuality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Saved from BeHrand Russell | 4/8/1940 | See Source »

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