Word: purees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...healthy dose of pure, albeit naive, sports fanaticism, football magazines are the place to turn. One magazine waxes nostalgic: "Each September, as the talk and smell of football pervades the air, the hard-core football fan experiences a feeling of profound excitement as the adrenalin begins to flow in anticipation." And the makers of Stat-Key, when detailing the edge which their system provides, explain: "The player is professional, trained in his trade. Because he is a professional among professionals, there is less of an ability gap among pro players than among college players. For example, if Cornell were...
...eroding vision of football magazines as pillars of pure fun and games blurs completely when their advertising is examined. Only a few magazines carry entire sections on gambling, although The Professor's edition even carries a page of where-to-bet recommendations. (Harrah's Sports Book on "Highway 50 at Stateline, Nevada" receives high marks.) But nearly all the journals have reams of ads for gambling advice...
...Fear, pure and simple, is behind the new advocacy of the death penalty. Between 1960 and 1973, the U.S. homicide rate doubled, from 4.7 murders per 100,000 people to 9.4. The rate has leveled off considerably and stands at 9.8 per 100,000 today. (Other countries' rates are, by U.S. standards, amazingly low: England, 1.1, and Japan, 1.0, are typical.) No more precipitous increases are expected this century: criminologists believe that the murder spree of the '60s and early '70s was mostly the doing of World War II baby-boom children passing through their crime-prone...
...reason: in Burma's remote Shan state, where nearly 80% of the area's opium is grown, vicious fighting between the warlords who dominate the drug traffic has closed many of the traditional smuggling routes. Says a DEA official based in neighboring Thailand: "The situation is pure chaos. For once, the area's intrinsic anarchy is working in our favor...
JOAN MICHELIN SILVER'S Chilly Scenes of Winter is not an exuberant movie. The location is Salt Lake City, and the climate is pure drizzle. The film, however, is more than just a standard outpouring of cosmic angst. The controlled tone, consistently strong acting, and the convincing--at times hilarious--dialogue make for an intelligent, enjoyable movie...