Word: puree
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Massachusetts' Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Sumner Whittier gladhand-ed his way around the state as a simon-pure Eisenhower supporter; he took a fearsome trouncing (141,000) from Democrat Foster Furcolo, who could point to a solid congressional record...
...hoped that the law would work itself pure," concluded Freund, "to a simplicity that would not make us clever for another time but wise for always...
...then proceed to Algiers." Since French delicacy dictated that the Sultan should be among the first to hear that his hospitality was being violated, Pilot Grellier was also told to radio his new destination back to Rabat. Seeing the report, the Moroccan Minister of Works cried, "This is pure piracy," and ordered instructions sent to Pilot Grellier to wait at Majorca until further notice. The plane was on the ground and the passengers drinking in the bar when the order should have arrived. But the French radio operator in Rabat simply neglected to send the message. The DC-3 took...
...talk was pure speculation, but the "members" were all men of serious scientific background who thought, on the basis of their knowledge, that there might be an outside chance of their speculations materializing. They were not interested in the practical possibilities--they wanted to build things to see if they could be built; to discuss things that no one else was discussing; to think thoughts that had never been thought...
There are many reasons for indulging one's time and energy in pure, abstract speculation. As Batteau points out, professional scientific papers have no raw, unfinished ideas. They contain no wild flights of imagination, no daring expeditions into the trackless and lush jungles of scientific possibility. There must be outlets for pure speculative activity--and that is the raison d'etre behind the Society. "Bull sessions and science fiction are market places for half-baked ideas," explains Batteau...