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Word: bedpost (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...minutes before going in, psyching myself, making a deliberate effort to be calm," Belisle recalls. "But I almost ruined one case by blowing my top." That was when he entered the house to discover that the parents had tied a baby hand and foot to a bedpost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Massachusetts: A Hot Line to Tragedy | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

...heart." Marisa, the heroine, is a "strange mixture of defiant child and mysterious woman" with "dark-gold curls [and] panther eyes" -not to mention a will of custard. Dominic and Marisa meet on page 42. On page 62 he rapes her. On page 86 he ties her to a bedpost and assaults her again. On page 192 the hero rips the heroine's gown to the waist before raping her a third time. On page 277 he brands her thigh with a red-hot fleur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rosemary's Babies | 1/17/1977 | See Source »

...show business and most particularly in the record industry. It sometimes seems it is a time of year when novelty items catch on, with titles that go on almost as long as the hours of daylight. Remember Lonnie Donegan and Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight? Or how about Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini? Well, now there are two more examples of the same kind of lunacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Summer Diversions | 8/17/1970 | See Source »

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