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Word: purely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fisher Ames was the Herbert Hoover of his day-except in foreign policy. A great New England Federalist, in a time when the Federalists were down & out, "a man of singularly pure and unselfish character," Fisher Ames was one of those stiff U.S. statesmen, like Hoover, who are respected without being popular, who are admired-by people who vote for somebody else; and who are considered wise-by people who wish they had time to discuss his ideas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: Mr. Hoover Raises a Ghost | 9/29/1941 | See Source »

...fight tickets) like Negro fighters virtuous, and remembering the stigma that still clung to colored fighters as a result of Jack Johnson's flamboyant wenching when he was world's heavyweight champion (1908-15), Louis' brain trust decided that their boy was going to be pure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Black Moses | 9/29/1941 | See Source »

...souls; now is the time for all good men to come to their aid with a party--a water party. From the sixty-year-old wooden bathrooms of Weld and Thayer to the shining tile lavatories of the House we must rally to the defense of fair, sweet, pure smelling womanhood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Share Our Showers | 9/24/1941 | See Source »

Although Sonja Henie and her ballet give only one performance on skates, it is stylishly performed in pure white costumes on a sheet of coal-black ice (part water, part India ink). To prevent the skate marks from showing up white it was necessary to keep a film of unfrozen water over the black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture, Sep. 22, 1941 | 9/22/1941 | See Source »

Whether for pure pleasure or for possible promotion to a regular squad, Freshman intramural sports offer the best opportunity to get the team advantages of comradeship and co-operation for those who cannot make the first team--such is the rallying cry of Adolph W. Samborski '26, who for more than ten years has been the booster and Director of Intramural Athletics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Begin Inter-Hall Rivalry on First of Month | 9/22/1941 | See Source »

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