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Word: evils (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...appalled. How could the evil Ehrenreich do such a thing to a nice group like PBHA? Who could have voted...

Author: By Rosa Ehrenreich, | Title: Reality Missing in PBHA Coverage | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

...mistrust all women -- his essay "True Stories of Bitches" featured his mother, sister and wife -- but this shrew is a giddyingly specific blend of utter unreason and serene self- righteousness. Still, her sins pointedly do not excuse Bobby's. Mamet may josh about the devil but plainly believes in evil -- and finds it entrenched in the heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Having A Hell of a Time | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

...right? Reagan or me? According to a famous saying inscribed on the keychains of many evil dictators, it depends on which of us wins. After all, history is written by the victors...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Who Writes History? | 12/16/1989 | See Source »

...Cenci is Shelley's dramatization of the 16th century legend of Count Cenci, an evil old man who, as Percy Bysshe Shelley (Matt Schuerman) tells the audience at the opening of Nick Moschovakis' production, "having spent his life in debauchery and wickedness, conceived at length an implacable hatred towards his children...

Author: By Kelly A. Matthews, | Title: Romantic Movement? | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

Still, a hulking hot-dog stand is often a lesser evil than what some developers want to put in its place. When a new mini-mall threatened to replace the Minuteman Carwash in Los Angeles, a 1960 building sporting a boomerang-shape decoration on its roof, neighborhood residents petitioned the Cultural Heritage Commission of Los Angeles to declare it a landmark. The ploy failed, but the case attracted the attention of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the largest preservation organization in the U.S. Says trust spokeswoman Courtney Damkroger: "If something like this gas station is designated a landmark locally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Tacky Nostalgia? No, These Are Landmarks | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

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