Word: evil
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Condors are far more interesting, perhaps because narrative quickens in the presence of evil and strife. John Milton faced such a problem when he portrayed Satan in Paradise Lost, and Le Guin, working on a different level, explicitly acknowledges the dilemma. One of the chorus of voices in the book belongs to Pandora, who seems to represent both the character from Greek mythology and contemporary Western consciousness. Through the magic of time travel, Pandora converses with a Kesh woman librarian. These enlightened people routinely throw away books and documents. As the dialogue continues, Pandora grows frustrated. "I never did like...
...triumphs but tales about private lives in the world of show business. Like what happened the first time he attempted adultery. The romantic atmosphere was broken when, over the hotel-room radio, he heard himself as the Shadow, asking the familiar and all too relevant question: "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts...
ARMY 49, YALE 9--Black Knights are minions of evil. Evil minions like to sneak up on cute furry dogs, stuff them in burlap sacks, and drown them in the Hudson River...
FOOTNOTE: *The original Eight Evil Winds, designated in 1951 and '52, were corruption, waste, bureaucracy, bribery, tax evasion, theft of state property, cheating on government contracts and stealing economic information...
...face value. The biggest rage of all is for Western-style suits. So desired is the new look that for a while some factories and work units handed out Western suits instead of cash bonuses to deserving workers. The practice was soon officially dubbed one of the Eight New Evil Winds* and eventually banned by the government. But fashion is still coming on strong in Chinese life, at least in the big cities. "It's fantastic," says Pierre Cardin, as eleven Chinese models sashay up a Peking runway in black silk dresses made for him in Shanghai...