Word: hobgoblin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...long ago, however, Johansen seemed like a monster of another sort, a hobgoblin who fronted a band of seemingly demented demons called the New York Dolls. Now the Dolls seem like the respectable progenitors of punk. But back in 1973, when the group first formed and Johansen, only a few years out of high school, signed on as lead singer, the Dolls looked like harbingers of a rock apocalypse. Glitter, outrageous costumes, strong intimations of dressing-room decadence made them notorious. Their mode may have been outré, but their music was just good old rock 'n' roll...
...third branch of Government, Warren Burger's Supreme Court has avoided the hobgoblin of little minds. It has developed an almost elegant lack of judicial philosophy. This year's graven edict of the majority may turn up next year as a dissent. Observes Georgetown Law Center Professor Dennis Hutchinson: "The bar and the public are left without the ability to predict what the court will do even in similar circumstances. You don't know where you stand with this court...
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Under Editor Lapham, consistency is a hobgoblin banished...
...consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, then recent Harvard basketball teams have had heads which are quite swelled to say the least. Wins over Cornell have preceded defeats to Princeton, and by the time March 5 rolls around, the cagers find themselves in third place in the Ivies, with an overall record of something like...