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Word: wickedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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This hatred translates into death and forced poverty for the count's sons. When it escalates into the count's incestuous encounter with his own daughter, his wife and children band together to murder the wicked patriarch.

Author: By Kelly A. Matthews, | Title: Romantic Movement? | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

What happens to a land beloved for its beauty when the beauty is ripped away? The northeastern islands of the Caribbean, ringed by sugary beaches, plush with unlikely flowers, inspiring rummy tropical dreams, have become the American paradise. Even the license plates say so. Two months ago, when Hurricane Hugo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Rebuilding Paradise | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

It was observant of playwright Robert Harling to see that a small-town beauty parlor can function as a little lodge hall for women, a place where they can let their hair down while it is being put up. It was clever of him to stock Steel Magnolias with Southern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Festive Film Fare for Thanksgiving: Steel Magnolias | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

Harvard trailed most of the game, thanks in part to the wicked witch in the Bruin cage, Sarah Lamont--a member of the family responsible for the noisetrap in the Yard.

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Crimson Fairy Tales Don't Always Come True | 11/2/1989 | See Source »

The film was a tremendous popular success in France and was the source of many official censorship attempts. As a truly French film, it succeeds where its more recent American counterpart fails. It has a subtly alien feel about it, far from the gawdy costumes and self-consciously clever language...

Author: By Mark D. Payson, | Title: Dangerous Name of the Game | 10/27/1989 | See Source »

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