Word: puree
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...trials of unthroned royalty seems a banal topic, but Anastasia might have had possibilities, especially in a portrayal of the renewal of a wartorn psyche. Instead, Marcelle Maurette has choosen to emphasize the pure romance of the story and, even worse, clouds the romance with her allegorical reflections. For this reason, Anastasia is dramatic, but, on the whole, not worth the trouble...
...long ago (1947) the world's top amateur himself, Kramer can talk convincingly to younger players about the advantages of turning pro. Kramer knows that amateur tennis is not always pure, that players get paid on the side and serve as social pets for rich backers. "People respect you more when you make your own way," Kramer tells the youngsters. "More important, you respect yourself more." Jack demolishes the argument that there is something nobler or more socially acceptable about being an amateur. "That's a lot of bunk." He tells tennis amateurs bluntly: "When...
Bringing joy to these pure hearts, however, is the fact that after hiring in his place Bob Blackman, complete with a dossier loaded with victories at the University of Denver, the Indians have failed to win a game this year in their four tries...
Sack then turns his attention to the early season Radcliffe social, the jollyup, which "brings together fifty or so girls and upwards of two hundred stage for an evening of pure Dantean borror...
...Government bonds and one-half in G.M. stock), and also promises to make up the difference if the price drops. Du Pont gives a 25% stock bonus for each $1 the worker invests in savings bonds. In the oil industry, Sun Oil, Gulf, Standard of California. Standard (N.J.), Pure Oil and Cities Service all add to their workers' kitty with as much as 50% worth of stock or bonds. Other companies, while helping their workers buy stock, also do their best to educate them about possible dangers. Sample quote from Inland Steel's booklet: "Buying stocks involves risk...