Word: purely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Lewis said repeatedly that his stories were not meant to be pure allegory but instead were designed to allow children (and adults) to think about fundamental truths--about God--by making up stories about what might happen were God to come to another world: here, Narnia. George Lucas said recently, in an interview with Bill Moyers, that he hopes the mythology of his movies will make children think about this greater existence, about the possibility that there is more to life than our little world. And it does...
...Solo was the only major character in the original movies who didn't fit into a tidy little box. He wasn't pure good or pure evil. He was the anti-establishment good guy. He was sarcastic; he was crass; he was human. He didn't have a weird family tree. No "Han, I am your father" for him. He didn't even have any fun Jedi powers. He just had a junky ship, a blaster and a bunch of one-liners. Fisher recently confessed in Newsweek that "I had a crush on Mr. Ford before it became a trend...
...certainly seems to be a noble prospect. But though the motives behind the club's formation may be pure, the way the club plans to meet those goals is inherently and severely flawed...
...when members grew too old. Martin was rejected on his first try because he was too small and too young-looking. Martin tried out again. Rejected again. On the third try, he made it. It was an early sign: what Martin lacked in talent he made up for in pure doggedness. "He was small, not a big singer, and his voice was not so good then," recalls the group's manager, Edgardo Diaz. "But we thought he could learn a lot by being with the group...
...studio in Manhattan, Marc Anthony is working on his new English-language album. He is dressed simply in jeans and a white T shirt, and his voice is ringing out, pure and direct. Sony chief Mottola sits in the control booth, listening, looking, betting on a hit. These are good days for Anthony: he recently completed work on a featured role in Martin Scorsese's film Bringing Out the Dead, co-starring Nicolas Cage. In a few weeks he'll begin recording a duet with neo-soul singer Maxwell. And Anthony's duet with Lopez, No Me Ames, is already...