Word: pur
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...vices, which, if not checked, will help crime to increase unabated." But to millions of superstitious Hindus, the sadhus, good and bad, are potent miracle workers who transcend the laws of men. Three months ago, when the beardless holy man who called himself Baba Raghubaranand arrived in Mokhim-pur, established himself without a by-your-leave in the best house in the village and promptly went into a trance when its occupants asked where they themselves could now live, the Baghbhans were all too ready to believe that Ramachandra the Preserver had at last arrived...
...first big job will be to carry taped versions of live New York network shows to Western time zones so they can appear everywhere at the same hour. The tape pictures will be easier and cheaper to produce than the fuzzy, hastily developed Kinescopes now used for the pur pose. The tape needs no processing, can be erased and re-used up to 100 times...
...been my experience at Harvard, however, that few undergraduates are self-confident enough to approach a pocket book vendor or financially successful enough to blow 35 cents on a gamble. It might be propitious (pro-pish-us) then, to mention the high points of the text perceptively (pur-sep-tiv-Ice) and with acumen (a-kyoo...
...push was on to clear 1953 stocks at cut-rate prices. "Discounts up to $500," advertised one Long Island dealer. "No money down . . . three years to pay." In Seattle, a Plymouth dealer advertised on the radio: "If your car, no matter how old, can be driven to pur office, we'll give you $450 trade-in for it." In Chicago, the'price war had become so fierce that many were selling brand-new cars at used-car prices. One Hudson dealer, in addition to his own line, was offering new Pontiacs, Buicks, Cadillacs, Oldsmobiles and Plymouths below list...
Wouldn't it be grand and glorious if some of pur RFC employees thought as much of their personal principles as they do of their personal principals...