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Word: wickednesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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But, good or bad, polygamy was doomed. U.S. agents came in to hunt down "cohabs." Wrote one Mormon: "The hounds of hell were laying in wate for me. How long will the Lord allow these wicked reches to gain power over us?"

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UTAH: A Peculiar People | 7/21/1947 | See Source »

The kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a jar country, "who called his own servants. . . . And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one. . . . After a long time the lord of those servants cometh. . . . And so he that had received five talents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Parable in Bluffton | 7/7/1947 | See Source »

Varied echoes of the Lemin line bounced back from all over the world. In France the Communist weekly, France Nouvelle, shrieked dutifully: "French independence seriously threatened by the dollar kings!" In the U.S., meanwhile, Henry Wallace and his political siblings continued to tell Americans about how wicked the British and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: The Lion & the Dollar Kings | 6/16/1947 | See Source »

"Tall, balding Gus Hennig, chief guard for the past 37 years, smiles and says: 'It's wicked out there today.' As you walk on to the floor a messenger in full sprint about knocks you down. The great paneled room resembles a large railroad station at 5...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMODITIES: The Court of Ceres | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

Among others there are Sir Storrington Thirst ("he had a habit of laying his hands upon you"); mannish Asta Thundersley (she collects paintings of "tumors wearing spectacles, wombs in aspic, ulcers in floral hats"); The Tiger Fitzpatrick, spavined prizefighter ("all I want is a chance at this so-called Braddock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ulcers in Floral Hats | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

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