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Word: devil (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Whether rich nations will in fact make short-term sacrifices for the sake of long-term gains is debatable. Certainly, the traditional response has been for every country to try to maximize its own immediate wellbeing, and the devil take the hindmost. But the Club of Rome insists that altruism is possible if seen not as charity but as necessity. The alternative, it repeats over and over again, is mankind's lemming-like rush toward disaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Club of Rome: Act Two | 10/21/1974 | See Source »

John J. Droney, district attorney of Middlesex Country, said yesterday that last night's screening of "The Devil in Miss Jones" at Quincy House represents a criminal offense, calling the film "an obscene movie which of course shouldn't be shown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Devil' Is Banned in Boston, But Debuts at Quincy House | 10/19/1974 | See Source »

Massachusetts State Superior Court Judge Vincent Brognia yesterday ordered a temporary ban pending an appeal on the showing of "The Devil in Miss Jones," "Behind the Green Door" and "Deep Throat" in Boston, Fitchburg and Stoneham...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Devil' Is Banned in Boston, But Debuts at Quincy House | 10/19/1974 | See Source »

...Devil in Miss Jones, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18 and 19, check posters for times...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard | 10/17/1974 | See Source »

...Devil and Miss Jones. This will set your blood boiling and your pulse searing, but those symptoms ain't eroticism--one's reaction is closer to severe moral confusion at this graphic, phallus-worshipping, degrading film. Georgia Spelvin plays the lead role, but the real "stars" are the penises and vaginas which fill the screen: the only way not to die of boredom is to imagine them as the new actors and actresses of the future, personified, with tiny little faces which are kinda cute and even vaguely expressive. Except for this puppet show element, The Devil and Miss Jones...

Author: By Richard Turner, | Title: THE SCREEN | 10/17/1974 | See Source »

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