Word: pureed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...role of sulfurous commentator was not a disguise. Don't Tread on Me proves that the life story of Perelman was the adventures of Mr. Hyde and Mr. Hyde. Early on he decided that Will Rogers' statement "I never met a man I didn't like" was "pure flatulence, crowd-pleasing and fake humility," and acted accordingly. Prudence Crowther, Perelman's friend during his last year, provides a wide-eyed introduction to these selected letters: "I talked about the Chaplin I'd just been watching; he knew Chaplin." But her accompanying notes illuminate a long and entertaining list...
Baseball has always been regarded as a pure sport. Grace and elegance have been the game's trademarks. With well-trimmed, greengrass playing fields and blue skies, a day at the ballpark has always had an air of refinement about...
...cliche goes that the Bolshoi aims for outsize spectacle and athletic feats. If some vulgarity creeps in -- well, that's show biz. If you want pure artistry, go to Leningrad and see the Kirov. If you want to explore classicism stretched into infinity, catch the New York City Ballet. What the Bolshoi does best now is Grigorovich's signature ballets, the socialist-realist works like Spartacus and The Golden Age that dramatize episodes in class warfare. The dancers command extraordinary energy and seem in total, avid sympathy with the choreographer. Unfortunately, American audiences may find these mighty pageants simplistic...
Veteran Washington correspondents report that officials in all recent Administrations have leaked classified information far more frequently than have the Senate and House Intelligence Committees, which under law must be informed of covert operations. Even Poindexter called it "pure nonsense" to suggest that all such leaks come from Congress; he cited the White House staff, the National Security Council staff and the Departments of State and Defense as other frequent leakers...
...more billions into the troubled Lavi (Hebrew for lion) or scrap a warplane that has become a symbol of national pride and a key source of jobs. The need to make that choice has triggered a vitriolic debate in which military and economic issues have frequently given way to pure emotion. "The real question," shouted Knesset Member Yosi Sarid last month, "is whether we become a state which has a fighter plane or a fighter plane which has a state." Even Rabin admits that the choice is the "most difficult and important decision faced by an Israeli government in more...