Word: deviling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...savage blacks who inhabit the Solomon Islands* the Marovo Lagoon tribesmen were once considered the most heathenish, warlike, cannibalistic. At the turn of the last Century, however, Marovo had a Chief of Chiefs named Tatagu who proved to be eminently civilized. Long suspecting that there was nothing in the devil-fear to which the islanders had been addicted, Tatagu led a fishing expedition to sea one day, pointedly neglecting to affix to the prow of his boat a vine or "string" which was supposed to placate the devil, bring a good catch. After three fruitless days the tribesmen were about...
...personality through 496 pages, he never solves it. He admits his unpopularity: "There is more than one portrait of myself lurking in the pages of contemporary literature. . . . All alike are hostile: which is significant. . . . The main question among my acquaintances has been whether it is a respectable big devil that inhabits me, or a little mean one." His only answer to the question is to shrug his other cheek...
...Senator Steiwer is finally nominate. It would matter a great deal if Senator Borah, by some freak turn of Fortune's wheel, were nominated. Should he, with his inflationary visions and incept record in foreign affairs, be nominated, the voter would face the unpleasant prospect of choosing between the devil and the deep blue...
...Nazi bigwigs. The Realmleader had come to bury his chauffeur, Julius Schreck, 32, dead of inflammation of the brain. The service was brief, manly, preacherless. A Nazi philosopher orated on the theme, "Let the furies of hell battle against me; I will ride through death and the devil." Instead of a psalm, the mourners sang Though All Should Prove Unfaithful, anthem of Nazidom's elite Schutzstaffel (Black Shirts), whose chief job is to guard Adolf Hitler. Schutzstaffel Chief Heinrich Himmler made a speech: "And as we serve here, you will serve in Valhalla, for your Führer...
...South Central States marked an-other slump. Probable worst was Devil's Swamp by Oklahoma's Edith Mahier. Kentucky's Frank W. Long painted Singer Jack Niles with his dulcinet. There were plenty of portraits of pretty white women and brave white gentlemen...