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Word: eviler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Maori tribesmen had forgathered. Then up the steps they came: 90 Maori dignitaries, some I with albatross feathers in their hair and tasseled white cloaks draped over their business suits. Leading the procession were two nearly naked warriors who stuck out their tongues and brandished their spears at evil spirits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sacred Treasures of the Maoris | 9/24/1984 | See Source »

...just a few fun-loving naive guys who don't even know what sexism means. A lawsuit wouldn't necessarily succeed in opening up the final clubs to women. But under Roberts v. U.S. Jaycees, it would force the clubbies to be honest and choose which is the lesser evil--admitting women or admitting how they feel about women...

Author: By Charles T. Kurzman, | Title: Being Honest | 9/20/1984 | See Source »

...operatives like James Hoffman in particular. The jurors, Weitzman said, felt Hoffman was a "liar" and were "offended" by the fact that he was paid about $180,000 in "expenses" for his participation in the De Lorean and other investigations. While criminal witnesses are a "necessary evil," Weitzman believes "they have gotten out of hand; these people are given a license to fabricate and invent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Are Bad Guys Good Witnesses? | 9/3/1984 | See Source »

Snowdon traveled to India at the request of the film's producers, John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin. He had photographed some of their Agatha Christie projects (Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and Evil Under the Sun), and jumped at the chance to work with Lean. On the set he was free to wander, plucking shots of the 235 crew members and a cast that includes Dame Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox, Judy (My Brilliant Career) Davis, Indian Actor Victor Banerjee and, of course, Sir Alec Guinness. Guinness's career has been entwined with Lean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Meeting of Two Masters | 8/27/1984 | See Source »

...Americans opened the Games against the Chinese, who lost 97-49 and seemed baffled by American-style play; when Ewing made a leaping block of a shot, China's Haibo Wang bolted as if he had glimpsed an evil spirit. Later games were closer, but only the West Germans, who had four present or former U.S. collegians on the team, and the Canadians, who had three, lost by fewer than 30 points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Faster, Higher, Stonger | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

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