Word: pureness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...establishing solidarity with her fellow prisoners. Her emotional relationships with the many men surrounding her, the authors say, provoked jealousy so divisive that FARC minders often separated her from the others. Of course, until Betancourt tells her side, we have only the Americans' account to go by. As pure jungle-survival memoir, it hits all the expected notes...
...reality of significant depth at first base and DH. With tough non-conference games ahead, it remains unclear whether or not he will earn a starting spot by the start of the Ivy League season. But regardless of the competition for playing time, the left-handed slugger reveals a pure love of the game that motivates his constant efforts to improve.“I like to get out there and compete, and I like to win,” Prince says. “I don’t know if there’s a much better feeling...
...However, through 60 full-throttle minutes of box lacrosse (no out of bounds in a rink), I realized something obvious: the athletes weren’t playing for glory in front of large crowds, they were competing out of pure love for their sport...
...authority, unanimously acknowledged by Muslims, that could say 'From now on, only this verse is valid.' But this does not - and probably will never - happen," he writes in response to Question No. 26. "This means that when some fanatics kill children, women and men in the name of pure and authentic Islam, or in the name of the Koran or of the Muslim tradition, nobody can tell them, 'You are not true and authentic Muslims.' All they can say is: 'Your reading of Islam is not ours.' And this is the ambiguity of Islam, from its beginning to the present...
...Although Dobroshi insists that the similarities between her and Lorna are pure coincidence, it is tempting to construct a parallel between the determination with which Lorna chases her dream and the persistence with which Dobroshi has pursued hers. For one thing, the actress and her character share an almost defiant joy of living. There is a scene in the film in which Lorna and her boyfriend dance exuberantly, oblivious to the mess they are in. In the same way, Dobroshi and her friends wouldn't let the dangerous circumstances they grew up in stop them from having a good time...