Word: purely
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...President Roosevelt joined by radio in dedicating a Will Rogers memorial museum and statue (by Jo Davidson) at Claremore, Okla. Excerpt: "When he [Rogers] wanted people to laugh out loud he used the methods of pure fun. And when he wanted to make a point for the good of all mankind, he used the kind of gentle irony that left no scars." Eddie Cantor said: "Any time you gave him a biscuit, he'd want to pay you back with a barrel of flour...
Last week in the swank Viennese Room of Manhattan's St. Regis Roof Garden, a select group of swing fans sat out the most gilt-edged concert yet recorded in the annals of pure, impromptu swing...
Where this plane landed was kept a secret, but from his hideout the Generalissimo sent a manifesto which the New York Times headlined: CHIANG SEES GAINS IN EVERY RETREAT. To Occidentals, who think in days, months and years this was pure irony; but Chinese think in decades, centuries, millenniums...
Speaking before 900 people in the second of three lectures he is giving under the aegis of Radcliffe on "The Crisis in Political Philosophy," the one-time Harvard faculty member cautioned his audience to be wary of pinning its faith on pure reason, a major premise of liberal philosophy, because it gives rise to the question, "Whose reason...
...mother who has just given birth to several healthy children, but has not yet recovered sufficiently to know what is going to happen next." Physics has given birth to several other children since then, and Physicist Darwin will try to deal with them all, since research in pure science as well as industrial work goes on at N.P.L. He will move into the palace with a wife and five real children...