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Word: devilment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Millionaire stock car racers still go like the devil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Beware These Sunday Drivers | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

...angered Stuart because he made Martha's nose awfully big and didn't even stick around to finish the portraits. Even so, the paintings are nice and all, but Gilbert Stuart, the artist (who is very famous) isn't even from Boston (he was born in Rhode Island, poor devil) and George came to Boston with his army only a couple of times. So does Boston really have a claim...

Author: By Amy B. Mclntosh, | Title: George and Martha -- Washington? | 4/26/1979 | See Source »

Kathy Y. Rodriquez, who was convicted of beating her 8-year-old daughter in her front yard last July in what police said was an attempt to exercise the devil, also lost custody of her two children...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Child Abuse Verdict | 4/25/1979 | See Source »

...nightmare finally ended last Saturday night in the cheezy New Haven Coliseum with a 6-5 loss against Yale, and it all left you wondering whether the season as a whole had been a preview of mediocrity to come or some sort of devil's advocate to tradition...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: HARVARD HOCKEY: What Was (Is) the Story? | 3/8/1979 | See Source »

Side Two consists of two thoughtfully reworked Mingus standards and a poignant new ballad that surely ranks among his best. "Devil Woman" was first recorded in 1961; it is basically a slow blues, but this arrangement takes so many unexpected rhythmic turns that the performance required the composer's help in counting off the choruses. Guitarist Larry Coryell shines among the soloists, reaching way back into blues history for a solo that matches the spirit of the piece. "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" goes back to 1959, when Mingus recorded it on his Blues and Roots album. This arrangement begins...

Author: By Paul Davison, | Title: Welcome Back, Charles | 3/7/1979 | See Source »

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