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...remind also that of those who seek now to build duchies of hatred on Dr. King's death. many had disdained him, patronized him, scorned him, sneered at him, as De Lawd, as Chump, though he left scars on the map of history as no burning city could...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peretz on King at Memorial Church | 4/13/1968 | See Source »

...degenerated into riotous looting, a black gang leader who organized the violence chortled: "We been making plans to tear this town up for a long time. We knew he'd turn out a crowd." For years, behind his back, King's Negro denigrators had called him "de Lawd." Lately he had heard himself publicly called an Uncle Tom by hotheads out to steal both headlines and black support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Transcendent Symbol | 4/12/1968 | See Source »

...which all Amer icans in France automatically belong if they change francs into dollars, thereby reducing De Gaulle's ability to buy up Fort Knox. But sticklers over niceties now ponder whether those who reciprocate the nastiness of De Gaulle, whose character combines le Roi Soleil and De Lawd, are guilty of lese-majeste or sacrilege...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Relations: What to Do About De Gaulle? | 12/29/1967 | See Source »

...James's attorney, Raymond Rubin, scoffed at Powell's offer to settle for $33,000, declaring, "He's not showing any good faith." And, Rubin disclosed, Mrs. James is going to become a recording artist too. Her record will be called No Man Is Above de Lawd, and will include one song with the pointed lyric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: Make Way for de Lawd | 2/3/1967 | See Source »

...That's just my teamsters rollin' in "Lawd, Lawd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Fighting Hoffa's Blues | 7/15/1966 | See Source »

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