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Word: devilment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...flying at the far turn. At the head of the homestretch, he collared Calumet's pace-setting filly Two Lea-at the eighth pole he pulled away. Citation, closing well under his burden of 132 Ibs., led the Calumet varsity as Two Lea and Ponder carried the devil-red & blue silks across the finish line in formation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Black Beauty | 3/6/1950 | See Source »

...write-up of The Devil's Disciple [TIME, Feb. 6], featuring a picture of Maurice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 27, 1950 | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

...Bicycle Thief" and "Devil in the Flesh" are tied as the best foreign films of 1949, according to the results of a poll released last night by Ivy Films. "Fallen Idol" was cited as the best English speaking film, and "The Heiress" as the best American film the opinion of its 160 members...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ivy Film Poll Cites Best Movies of 1949 | 2/24/1950 | See Source »

...devil is active in Châtellerault, in Chinon and in Domfront, but above all he is active in Loudun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 20, 1950 | 2/20/1950 | See Source »

...told the reporters: "You can say [I am] dee-lighted, if you want to." And when they questioned him on U.S. dealings with the dubious Admiral Darlan, he retorted with "an old Balkan proverb": "My children, you are permitted in time of great danger to walk with the Devil until you have crossed the bridge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Puzzle for Totalitaricms | 2/20/1950 | See Source »

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