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Word: virgination (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...I.R.A. stronghold. As teenagers, they shared a liking for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones as well as for Irish folk dances. Both girls were and are devout Roman Catholics: a notebook that Dolours was carrying when she was arrested for the London bombings contained notes on the Virgin Mary along with details about her I.R.A. contacts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Ulster's Price Sisters: Breaking the Long Fast | 6/17/1974 | See Source »

...Almighty, everlasting God, I, John McLaughlin . . . moved with a desire of serving You, vow before the most sacred Virgin Mary, and the whole court of heaven, to Your divine majesty, perpetual poverty, chastity and obedience in the Society of Jesus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Presidential Priest | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

Sweet Eros, a one act play which opened at the Theater Two in Cambridge on May 23, has had the unique distinction of being policed every night since its "virgin" performance was busted. The police spent over four hundred dollars on tickets, making the play rival the Policeman's Ball as the event of the year in the pocketbooks, if not the hearts, of our public protectors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Erratic Eros | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

...some humorous things. For example, there would be a fund-raising dinner, and he hired Wayne the Wizard to fly in from the Virgin Islands to perform a magic show. He sent invitations to all the black diplomats and sent limousines out to have them picked up and they hadn't been invited. He had 400 pizzas sent to another--P. Sure! what the hell! Pranks! Tuck did all those things in 1960, and all the rest...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: Blah, Blah, Blah | 5/9/1974 | See Source »

...hired Wayne the Wizard to fly in from the Virgin Islands to perform a magic show. He sent invitations to all the black diplomats and sent limousines out to have them picked up, and they all showed up and they hadn't been invited..." Which clears up the mystery of what happened to The Wizard of Oz when the balloon burst. 8 at Dunster House; there's a review on page 2, I believe...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: THE STAGE | 5/2/1974 | See Source »

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