God in the deatils (1960); No names, no pack-drill (1930)

[Wilson Gray]

On Jan 25, 2005, at 12:41 PM, Mark A. Mandel wrote:

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> I don't see any mention in this thread of "The devil is in the
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> which I think I have seen at least as often.
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> -- Mark
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Mark's version with "the devil" is the only version that I've ever
read. (This is strictly a literary allusion for me.)

-Wilson