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Word: devil (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...There is a kind of fatigue which only fieldmen know" observes The Honourable Schoolboy, "a temptation to gentleness which can be the kiss of death." And, "It is a charming arrogance of diplomats the world over to suppose they set an example?to whom, or of what, the devil himself will never know." Such sly aperçus are those of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, a man who served his term as foreign officer and intelligence operative. As such, Le Carré makes no apologies for his work. "The spy form is expanding for me as much as I want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Spy Who Came In for the Gold | 10/3/1977 | See Source »

...YORK--And so on a sultry afternoon in that region of upper Manhattan affectionatcly referred to as Devil's Elbow, they kicked off the 1977 Ivy football season with a big loud slurp...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: One Down, Eight to Go: Harvard 21, Columbia 7 | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

...people don't live the civil law [of Ervil's God], cut their heads off. He is very pugnacious, but is also a smooth-tongued type." Residents of the Mexican villages where LeBaron has been hiding out since May describe him as loco and mitad diablo (half devil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: A Deadly Messenger of God | 8/29/1977 | See Source »

...orders. Sam sent me." Who is Sam? Berkowitz said Sam is at the moment a neighbor of his named Sam Carr, but "really is a man who lived 6,000 years ago. I got the messages through his dog. He told me to kill. Sam is the Devil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Sam Told Me To Do It... Sam Is the Devil | 8/22/1977 | See Source »

...apart because of this dog." The second said that "my life is destroyed now. I have nothing to lose anymore. I can see that there shall be no peace in my life or my family's life until I end yours. You wicked, evil man-child of the devil-I curse you and your family forever." Carr claimed that Berkowitz later shot Harvey in the leg with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Sam Told Me To Do It... Sam Is the Devil | 8/22/1977 | See Source »

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