Likewise, assigning at least one group member to be a devil's advocate can have a positive effect.
For all of his reputation, however, he's had a devil of a time figuring out the American economy.
Jason realizes he's made a devil's bargain and that Kurt must be stopped.
But Webvan, whose service is available in ten cities, has had a devil of a time getting people to sign up.
This does not soothe American and Israeli critics, who suspect that Russia has made a devil's bargain with the Islamic Republic.
Simple as it sounds, how is a writer to get the access that he or she needs for an illuminating corporate biography without making a devil's bargain with the company's publicity machine?
The erstwhile superstar has returned to the spotlight with a full-length music video diss (see below) that features a man in a devil mask chasing a mock Jay-Z around the woods, Blair Witch-style.
The company, which bought the PC assets of IBM in 2005, had a devil of a time trying to integrate the two companies, but integration issues are now for the most part in the past.
The Roosevelt of history is either a saint, in the view of most historians, or a devil, for those outliers who risk associating themselves with fascist totems such as Father Charles Coughlin and the German American Bund.
Judge Jed Rakoff is a cheeky devil as well as a handsome one.
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Think it's fair and balanced to say that was engrossing stuff - even if Evans didn't produce a Tasmanian Devil-like performance from the (dis)comfort of his saddle?
The band mascot, Eddie, made his customary appearance, as did a huge devil which rose out of nowhere with giant flames which nearly incinerated singer Bruce Dickinson on the spot!
Well, romance and a certain devil-may-care attitude toward hygiene.
During the trials, Ms. Knox became a highly divisive figure, depicted as a cunning she-devil in Italy and a victim of a ham-handed Italian justice system in the U.S. Critics charged that the case was based mostly on circumstantial evidence.
"A dust-devil looks essentially like what you would expect from the movies - a tiny tornado that is lifting dust, " explained Manuel de la Torre Juarez of Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and a scientist on the Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (Rems) instrument.
Tales of headless horsemen stalking ancient burial sites, gruesome hairy hands forcing vehicles off the road and a visit from the devil himself have given Dartmoor a doomladen reputation, making it a favourite setting for writers such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie.
"It's a very nice, warm gesture and I'm a lucky little devil, " he added.
The tunnel, which will be used by an estimated 30, 000 vehicles a day, runs under the Devil's Punch Bowl, a large hollow of dry, sandy heath, to the east of Hindhead.
Other Japanese videogame outfits include Konami and Capcom, which has a big hit this year with its million-seller Devil May Cry, a survivor-horror game.
Culling does not effectively control the contagious cancer threatening the Tasmanian devil, a new study suggests.
And it's not that Montanans are consciously holding their noses and making a deal with the devil.
Most of, you know, the first one was a likeness of the devil, the way he appeared in the studio.
The Tasmanian devil is a little marsupial carnivore and they have a tendency to bite one another in the face.
According to Slonopas, who considers himself a born again Christian, the number is often used as a symbol of the devil.
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Petitioning the White House is silly, for instance, but only a tiny handful of Devil May Cry fans have actually done that.
In this devil of a job market, many young adults now exist in a cloud of overconfidence with an illusion of endless time.
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