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Word: venaissin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Devil is getting his due in French books, plays and movies these days, and Author Gabriel Venaissin notes the trend in the current issue of Combat: "An odor of sulphur hovers over Paris . . . The Devil in 1955 uses Chanel perfume, however. He is a distinguished man of the world . . . Lucifer burns no one today. But it's strange to see him come back so abundant, so eloquent, so cut up, as it were, into hundreds of little devils all trying to outrival each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Words & Works | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

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