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Word: hell (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Detroit was shocked by those nightmarish murders at an axle plant last July. But Defense Attorneys Justin Ravitz and Kenneth Cockrel reasoned that the tragedy had an equally nightmarish cause: a hell in the factory. Foreman Jones got Johnson suspended from his job one hour before the killings. The defense lawyer argued that the suspension, Johnson's general instability and inhumane working conditions-particularly for black men-had driven Johnson to murder while temporarily insane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Hell in the Factory | 6/7/1971 | See Source »

...aren't they? Face it, man, you step on their heads and they love it, you cut them up in little ribbons, that science student. that Sheriff's Lady and they kiss your ass. I saw Joan Baez rub your head, I saw those English chicks giggle at you, hell, I even saw Donovan look at you funny, what is it that you've got, man? I'm sure waiting for that fucking book of yours to be ready. maybe you can fail at something...

Author: By Elizabeth R. Fishel, | Title: A Fan's Notes Tarantula | 6/4/1971 | See Source »

...Boston Joey and he just cannot play like he used to. Joe Dimaggio, the pool hustler from New Jersey, was talking about him the other day- "I seem him in Indianapolis and he couldn't make a ball. It's a shame cause he used to be one hell of a pool player...

Author: By Lester Conklin, | Title: Pool Hustler on the Road Again | 6/4/1971 | See Source »

...does the American consumer buy Japanese products [May 10]? Why does the American consumer buy products other than American? Simple. Quality, price, customer relations. Too often the American dealer is great until he has your money and then to hell with you. I have bought foreign products not out of disloyalty to my country or big business, but because I am sick and tired of getting junk for my money and nothing for my patronage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 31, 1971 | 5/31/1971 | See Source »

...performance that rings true. For you do learn to be a conman in the suburbs. And while every parent probably envisions their children of the fifties as little Beaver Cleavers. the much more calculating behavior of, say, an Eddie Haskell is probably a lot closer to the mark. To hell with all that Woodstock crap. As Rosen quotes Wilde, "Being natural is simply a pose, and the most irritating pose I know...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: Books Me and My Friends | 5/24/1971 | See Source »

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