Word: deviled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife?" the vicar asks. "No," Humphrey replies, "to be quite frank, I won't"; see BOOKS, A Devil Called Douglas...
...that enables her to put her voice within the heart of every tone. The selections scarcely call for her full power, but they summon humor, a swinging beat and dramatic conviction. As Farrell alternately becomes the raucously betrayed woman (Blues In the Night), the languorous lady of experience (Old Devil Moon), the world-weary floozy (Ten Cents a Dance), even the weariest lines emerge fresh and endlessly inventive. If she ever quits serious music, she might become the country's best jazz singer...
...worked for the importer and was starting to crack down on illegal tobacco imports. Said he, giving away perhaps more than he intended: "I have a job to do, and I'll accomplish nothing by quitting. But until I've finished, I have to live with the devil...
...with eyebrows that appear perpetually raised and slightly turned up at the outside ends. Thus he looks always surprised and quizzical. Surely, Falstaff is at heart not a questioner: he cares not for the future, lives entirely in the present (Hal's first words to him are "What a devil hast thou to do with the time of the day?") and accepts that present without surprise or query. The eyebrows set a false tone that, in a small way, throws off Berry's performance...
...devil damn thee black, thou creamed-faced loon! Where got'st thou that goose look...