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Word: vile (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rest of the cast is perfect, especially for anyone who likes to think in black and white while watching technicolor. The villains look extraordinarily vile, except for one or two who don't seem to care one way or the other. Brigitte's father performs admirably in a comic-relief role; his best scenes occur when he goes to the dance hall looking for Vidal and (inevitably) is mistaken for a prospective pupil. And the inspector and his sub-gendarmes express all of a cop's care-worn but crime-piercing wisdom...

Author: By Frederic L. Ballard jr., | Title: Come Dance With Me | 11/15/1960 | See Source »

Four-Letter Bird. In Brooklyn, Sam Maiorana, haled into court on a charge of disorderly conduct for the "vile and abusive language" of his 40-year-old parrot, was released for future trial after the bird, called upon for a demonstration, kept its beak shut for two solid hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 4, 1960 | 7/4/1960 | See Source »

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