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Word: sermonet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

...find highly objectionable the title of your piece "Profit Without Honor," [Dec. 21] on the musical adaptation of Lolita, as well as your sermonet on the scruples that I once happened to voice concerning its filming. When cast in the title role of Kubrick's neither very sinful nor very immoral picture, Miss Lyon was a well-chaperoned young lady, and I suspect that her Broadway successor will be as old as she was at the time. Fourteen is not twelve, 1970 is not 1958, and the sum of $150,000 is not correct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 18, 1971 | 1/18/1971 | See Source »

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