Word: pureed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...became one of the most celebrated ex-deejays in the U.S. Last week Deejay Clay was not only spinning once again, but to Detroit's shocked surprise, he was doing it for WQTE, a more-filtered-than-thou sort of radio station that had long bragged of its pure air and its superiority to rock-'n'-roll, vulgar whistles and echo chambers...
Some librarians say that the upsurge has little to do with actual love of reading. Schools are simply shifting from pure textbook assignments to more research at the public library. Another big inducement is competition for college; the ill-read have the least chance with admissions men. And skeptics question how long the reading habit lasts...
...director of a bank. As Peachum's beggars prepare to break up a coronation parade (Threepenny Opera owes its inspiration to John Gay's Beggar's Opera, and the scene is London), someone remarks: "The rich have hard hearts -but weak nerves." The line is pure Brecht. He devoted his life to rattling those nerves, and never did he do it with less effect and more charm than in Threepenny Opera...
Dalkowski seems pure fiction. In four years with six clubs in six minor leagues, he has struck out 665 batters, walked 726, thrown as many as six wild pitches in a row, broken one hitter's arm, torn the lobe off another's ear, and sent an unsuspecting umpire to the hospital with a stray fastball that popped him flush on the mask, knocked him 18 ft., chest pad over whisk broom. At Aberdeen, S. Dak., in 1958, Dalkowski pitched a one-hitter and lost, 9 to 8. Against Reno's Silver Sox this summer, he whiffed...
...their performance last night the Dancemakers both interpreted ordinary events and explored pure abstract movement. Music by Bach, Vivaldi, and Milhaud, plus contemporary poetry, accompanied the group...