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Word: wickedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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After his release from prison, Serge went back to Manhattan and resumed his wicked ways. At a recent White Russian New Year's ball at the Ambassador Hotel, Serge turned up with seven girls. It was his habit to distribute house keys to his inamoratas (so that he would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: The Scoundrel | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

Sugar Ray Robinson's old wicked grace and his panther's skill were just a fraction off, and the snap was fading from his punch. But the beaten champ was too proud to retire. Sugar Ray went home to Harlem and worked hard to get in shape for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Final Bell | 1/31/1955 | See Source »

Taboo lingers on, Russell feels, in the popular objections to euthanasia and birth control. Russell asks: "Suppose atomic bombs had reduced the population of the world to one brother and sister; should they let the human race die out? I do not know the answer, but I do not think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Bloomer Philosopher | 1/31/1955 | See Source »

"One of the most dangerous and wicked results of this disease is the destruction of confidence - confidence that honest, capa ble and devoted service will be rewarded as such . . . confidence that the precious Anglo-Saxon tradition of due process will be observed . . .

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Destruction of Confidence | 1/10/1955 | See Source »

The Change of Heart. Last week the second six months was up, and Boyce gave every indication of renewing Hewitt's ostracism. "Tyrants in Overalls," cried London's big Daily Express. "The tyranny among Ron Hewitt's mates is as wicked as any that ever caused workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Silent Treatment | 12/20/1954 | See Source »

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