Word: devil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Charging into a mild (3 m.p.h.) head wind, Duke's fleet-footed, redheaded Blue Devil, David Sime (TIME, May 21), ran the 100-yd. dash in a world-record-tying 0:09.3 at the Carolina A.A.U. meet in Raleigh...
...theory seems to be that so long as a man is a failure he is one of God's chillun, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil...
Debating, therefore, virtuous or not, has its own rewards. Nevertheless, to a public moralizer like T. R., debating can be hypocritical. With its emphasis on sounding convincing despite personal belief, debating is the devil's tool. For, as often as not, the forces of good go down to defeat in college debate, if only because the opposition is better prepared, or more fluent, or manages, through chance, to have the last word...
...sentiments expressed in hillbilly music are far from subtle, but they are forthright ("I've been workin' hard the whole week long/But I'm gonna have some wine, women and song"), candid ("If she's a honkytonk angel, I'm the devil that made her that way"), sincere ("I mean a lot to my Mom and Pop/I just hope I mean somethin...
...Devil's Disciple at the Fine Arts Theatre was described by our reviewer as "good fun," Shavian, of course. Shows at 8:40 p.m. and a Saturday matinee...