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...possessed, feeding on eerie fears until they devour him. But soft, who is that lady he was seen with? That lady whose steely resolve disintegrates in guilt, who seizes her crucifix like a dagger, spits venomously on its tip, and invokes the spirits of night to fill her with direst cruelty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Who Is That Lady? | 12/18/1972 | See Source »

George Lalich had quarterbacked eight straight victories for Harvard. Only in the direst situation was he replaced, and Champi's performance can only be termed miraculous...

Author: By Robert Decherd, | Title: Yovicsin Must Choose Quarterback | 10/29/1970 | See Source »

Birth: The first and direst of all disasters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: FROM THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY | 5/5/1967 | See Source »

Clearly, despite hundreds of earlier tests on dogs, such daring surgical deeds are for use in only the direst cases, but Dr. Heimbecker expects to see more of them and to repeat his bold procedure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surgery: Daring Deed in the Heart | 3/24/1967 | See Source »

...case, Steele hardly seemed to herald another Ice Age, which, according to the direst predictions, is not due for another 10,000 years. In fact, the glacier appeared to be tearing itself apart, and, in the view of McGill University Meteorologist Dr. Svenn Ortig, "is doomed. It will stop, stagnate, and in due time melt." No one, however, knew when or how long Steele would keep going in the meantime. Fortunately, it posed no immediate threat to human life. At week's end, as it crunched along in a vaguely northeasterly direction, the nearest town in its path...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: The Galloping Glacier | 8/19/1966 | See Source »

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