Word: purely
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...know BILL GOLDBERG as the Sandy Koufax of wrestling or the man who enters the ring blowing smoke through his nostrils, but you probably don't think of him as 285 lbs. of pure animal lover. Last week, however, Goldberg traded in his bikini briefs and leather boots for a suit and went to Capitol Hill to protest cockfighting and dogfighting. "I know when I step into the ring, that's my choice," he testified at a congressional briefing, "but these animals, they have no choice." Goldberg says Steve Largent, the Representative from his home state of Oklahoma...
...course, a lot of this faith in destiny is pure egotism. To think that you and I were uniquely fated suggests that we were especially deserving of celestial attention. I can see how that would be true for you, but not for me...unless you were selected for my improvement--sort of heavenly social work. No considerate deity would have allowed just anyone to be stuck with...
...voices ofEichenberger and Cearcy, as Mother and Sarahrespectively, create the audio equivalent ofheartbreak itself--Eichenberger with painfullymeasured dignity, Cearcy with a flood of rawemotion. As Coalhouse Walker Jr., Hamiltondisplays an enormous range of talent both duringand between his solo numbers. He slips into eachmood--from languid happiness to pure joy to miseryto violent anger--with a realistic lucidity thatcements his position as one of the mostoutstanding members of the cast. In addition, thecharacters of Tateh, Mother's Younger Brother andEmma Goldman are brought to life by some of themost gifted and versatile actors ever seen on amusical theater stage...
...While the juxtaposition of matte and glossy plastic is pure cutting edge, tubular Muji measures the same satisfying circumference as a McDonald's straw. Without special curves, ergonomic handles or even a silver clip, it is light and modern, ethereal and pragmatic...
...producer, and as the owner of Bad Boy Records, one of hip-hop's most powerful new corporate dynasties, Combs has his fingerprints all over rap music in the '90s. His recycling, or sampling, of old hits by the likes of Diana Ross and the Police proved to be pure gold, bringing in millions of new fans even as critics carped that he is to music what Andy Warhol was to painting--a salesman in artist's clothing...