Word: devilishness
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...devilish problem, of course, is defining "smart enough." Enough to accomplish what, precisely? To make a living or to make a killing? And smart enough to satisfy whom? An employer who wants you to do your work by quitting time or one who wishes you had finished it yesterday? Being able to do what must be done is liberating, but being able to do whatever might be done (or whatever your driven ego or pushy boss might conceivably demand) can be enslaving...
...DARKNESS ONE WAY TICKET TO HELL ... AND BACK It's possible that one day someone will write a more juvenile song than Knockers ("You're devilish and dirty/ They say you're pushing 30"), but one senses that the Darkness, which is about as dark as Richard Simmons and just as partial to spandex, could turn around and top it. The band is proud of its bad jokes, virtuoso guitar playing and the epic British shriek of singer Justin Hawkins, and with songs like Bald, the greatest track ever written about the scourge of male pattern baldness, it deserves...
...most prominently personified by Steinemann’s Mahler. Although at times he seems to be just reciting lines, Steinemann succeeds overall in his portrayal of one example of a revolting “follower” of the System. Standing in stark contrast to Mahler’s devilish and truly exasperating persona is Kawaller’s Sophie Scholl, as the flawless angel who works hard to expose Mohr’s sense of humanity...
...MERYL STREEP plays Miranda Priestly, the temperamental, overweening editor of a fictional fashion glossy called Runway--a character based loosely on Wintour. But the movie's stylists did away with the fashion queen's dark bob and sunglasses, reportedly to make the character sexier, more provocative and not so devilish. Or maybe they thought Wintour's real look is just way too scary...
...night Parliamentary debate in the House of Commons) is one of the most outrageously funny sequences of disasters that could possibly occur during one evening. After being the unfortunate guests in a room with a dead body, Mr. Willey and Mrs. Worthington manage to concoct a series of devilish plans to rid themselves of the interloper with the help of Mr. Willey’s best friend Mr. George Pidgen (Calum Docherty ’07).It becomes clear that they will have a hard time ridding themselves of the visitor as more and more people become involved...