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Word: locust (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...held captive by the S.L.A. The jurors were taken to see the two closets that Patty claimed had been her tiny prison cells after her abduction. The expedition turned out to be a mob-and-media event that might have been conceived by Nathanael West (The Day of the Locust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIALS: Patty's Long Ordeal on the Stand | 3/1/1976 | See Source »

...BLACK LOCUST (bark, foliage, young sprouts): depression, vomiting, diarrhea and weakened heartbeat. Often fatal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Dr. Hartman's List of Lethal Foliage | 3/1/1976 | See Source »

...vacuum results and the only principle held inviolable is profit. The population of the Rim has doubled since World War II, from 40 million to 80 million, primarily from an influx of what Sale terms "the discontented classes." Sale advances Nathaniel West's argument in The Day of the Locust: people go west out of frustration, because they are unhappy with their small town existence and hope that in the sunshine of Florida or California they will find the good life that has always eluded them. Such an outlook creates a society where people are concerned primarily with making their...

Author: By Seth Kaplan, | Title: Changing of the Juntas | 10/28/1975 | See Source »

...Locust, 2:30, 7:15 and Brother Sun, Sister Moon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SCREEN | 9/19/1975 | See Source »

...Locust. A guady adaptation of Nathaniel West's fine, sparsely sketched novel. Somebody in the Village Voice pointed out that this movie should have looked like Chinatown and China-town should have looked like this. A mixup in cinematographer contracts, no doubt. Good performances by Karen Black and Burgess Meredith make it worth $1.25 at Harvard Square on Monday and Tuesday nights...

Author: By Seth Kaplan, | Title: THE SCREEN | 9/15/1975 | See Source »

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