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Word: purely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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untainted, pure people," Pandita Dasa says, adding

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: SCRUTINY | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

that it was this pure strength which first

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: SCRUTINY | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

...truly pure in your devotion to god, in your next

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: SCRUTINY | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

...that your entire family was destroyed in a mining accident, and then stays by your side smilingly, refusing to leave until you tell him that it is "O.K." But striving to maintain at least a shared of dignity, you refuse to tell the Mac that its deed of pure evil...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Bothersome Bits of Harvard | 2/12/1987 | See Source »

...also kept his loyalty pure -- he was the President's man. The press corps he viewed as the adversary, necessary but not to be embraced. He often closed his office door, gave nasty answers to nasty questions, got personal when his integrity was up for debate. The nonsmoking, nondrinking, nonswearing Speakes fitted no previous pattern. If 90% of the press corps took umbrage and cursed his unorthodoxy, 90% of the mail he got from the public (1,500 letters a month) approved his tough style. "I had to take a lot," he said last week, "so I gave back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: No Popularity Contest | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

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