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Word: purely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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They will bear looking into. First, it was a dark night, which makes torpedoing a very hard job, even assuming that by pure chance the vessel should have been discerned-she was showing no lights, I presume. More important, it was an exceedingly stormy night: high wind, mountainous waves, rain and spray. Ask a naval expert about this-he will probably tell you that effective submarine operations under such conditions are all but impossible. Secondly, two torpedoes were reported, which is strange, considering the relative unimportance of a passenger vessel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 21, 1940 | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

...piano, first straight, then hot. The authentic afflatus descended upon Café Society on its opening night, when a pale young man, one of the guests, stepped up with a clarinet. It was Benny Goodman, just recovered from long illness (sciatica). When he sent out Somebody Stole My Gal, pure, liquid, brilliant, the place rocked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Uptown Boogie-Woogie | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

...schedules for next fall and even for the fall of 1942 were made out, Gloomy Gil Dobie's policy was still in effect in Ithaca, and the Pennsylvanians had not yet been attracted by the lure of a winning team for their Bi-Centennial. Both schools ranked in the pure amateur class. However, it was a risky venture even then to map out a program for four and five years ahead. The H.A.A. officials have learned their lesson from this disastrous experience. From now on, they have resolved, the schedules will be made not more than two and half years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SIMIAN PURE | 10/16/1940 | See Source »

...without playgrounds. Three-quarters of its students are foreign, most of them Italians and Puerto Ricans. Its neighborhood, Manhattan's East Harlem and Nazi-infested Yorkville, is a hotbed of racial strife. Principal Leonard Covello organized courses in intercultural understanding, got his pupils discussing whether there were any pure races, whether the "Aryan race" was superior to others. Soon students formed a Friends & Neighbors Club, cleaned two vacant stores next to the school as headquarters, held meetings and dances, started classes for their parents, read stories to neighborhood tots, staged an international fiesta. They also campaigned for a government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Lessons for Democrats | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

...heart make pure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Poetry | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

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