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Word: wickedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nationalist vulgarity coupled with Strauss's new boldness strengthened the opposition. Quavery old John Christie, 69, longtime leader of South Africa's small but powerful Labor Party, left his bed in a nursing home to be present at the debate. He struggled to his feet, shaking a gnarled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Rising Opposition | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

In this time a witch came to town as a bondwoman to the wool merchant's widow. She was a Norse girl, a beauty with "great, sea-grey eyes" and hair "unbelievably golden"; her name was Swan Ygern. Swan healed the Lord Cinqmort of a bloody flux, and so...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Worthy of Sir Walter | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

"Take away the water," said a government vulcanologist, "and there's no difference between this volcano and land volcanoes. It is in the process of building up a cone. Most likely it has been in that process for centuries." Superstitious natives think otherwise. Some say the Didicas Rocks are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Birth of an Island | 3/31/1952 | See Source »

Miracle in Milan. Italian Director Vittorio (The Bicycle Thief) De Sica's fantasy about a goodhearted youth in a wicked world (TIME, Dec. 17).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Feb. 25, 1952 | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

Miracle in Milan. Italian Director Vittorio (The Bicycle Thief) De Sica's funny, exhilarating fantasy about a goodhearted youth in a wicked world (TIME, Dec. 17).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Feb. 18, 1952 | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

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