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Word: hell (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Ambassador Andrew Young and his friends in the Eastern intellectual Establishment begin to raise as much hell about present inhuman conditions for young blacks in our own country, and only then will I buy their sincerity about being concerned for the rights of blacks in South Africa. Economic and political conditions for blacks in South Africa are more humane than in most of the black-ruled states of that continent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 12, 1977 | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

...viciousness of homophobic Harvard was disguised by the niceties of academe, the legitimacy of Intellectual Argument. Only at Harvard, for instance, could a man (who was otherwise almost totally non-religious) present in all seriousness--over pizza at Harvard Pizza--an argument for "Why Homosexuals Should Go To Hell...

Author: By Chuck Fraser, | Title: A Gay Student's Experience at Harvard Coming Out | 12/6/1977 | See Source »

...incredibly afraid to be less than totally masculine, cool, heroic, with it, sophisticated, charming. They try hard, too hard, to compensate for their insecurity by posing as confident and self-assured. And because Harvard men are highly skilled socially, they largely succeed. But in the process, they scare the hell out of each other--each one is convinced that everyone else's calm front is real, and that only he is in fact unsure of himself. So, for reasons irrelevant to my sexuality, I was afraid to appear to other people--even other gay people--as unsophisticated and inexperienced...

Author: By Chuck Fraser, | Title: A Gay Student's Experience at Harvard Coming Out | 12/6/1977 | See Source »

...supernatural. In The Screwtape Letters (1942), his witty little classic, Lewis has a veteran devil advise on how to ensnare souls for "Our Father below." Small sins were often best. Quoth Screwtape: "Murder is no better than cards if cards can do the trick. Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: C.S. Lewis Goes Marching On | 12/5/1977 | See Source »

...sees Stan and Jim and their unpacked mess: "Oh wow, man." A contrast to the freshman goofies is provided by Jim Propp, who depicts Stan's older pre-med brother, Abe. Propp, too, plays his stereotype to the last detail, his very presence on the stage annoying the hell out of everyone in the building...

Author: By David Dalquist, | Title: Finding Our Lost Cookies | 12/3/1977 | See Source »

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