Word: pureness
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...Watanabe's version of Sugihara is an almost cartoonish figure of pure benevolence, more at home in the Lives of the Saints than the pages of 20th century history. He harbors no failings, suffers no fears, operates under no other motivation than altruism. Watanabe says he doesn't understand how Levine's habit of "praising (Sugihara) the first minute, putting him down the next" honors Sugihara's achievements. Levine, for his part, says he simply has a different philosophy of history. "As a historian, I took a critical stance," which he insists does not diminish Sugihara's bravery...
...other countries into account when it makes international policy. (Only 44% of Britons think that, and compared with everyone else, Brits love Americans.) But these are dangerous illusions; when it comes to the imposition of the values of one nation on another, it matters not a whit how pure of heart are the motives of those doing the imposing. Imperialism takes its very existence from the perceptions of those who believe they chafe under the heel of the imperial power...
...before he left office on Jan. 3, 2001. His successor, Michael Anderson, another Clinton appointee, then pressured the BAR staff to change its recommendation on the two other tribes. In an atmosphere so tense that a staff member later described it to the Interior Department's Inspector General as "pure hell," BAR was pushed to complete the documentation recognizing the tribes by Jan. 19, the Administration's last day in office. Three days later, on the first working day of the Bush Administration, the BAR staff discovered that Anderson had failed to sign all the documents necessary to recognize...
...Texas. "Gravitate, kids!" Leone calls out, signaling the end of lunch and the time to begin the afternoon's main event--playing bunco. As games go, bunco ranks pretty low on the skill scale. It requires none of the strategy or finesse of bridge or even poker. It's pure luck and the roll of the dice. Players take turns trying to make three dice turn up as ones in the first round of play, twos in the second and so on. Rolling three of a kind is a "bunco...
...Francesca Events, whose clients include Bill Clinton and Conan O'Brien, says, "Truffles have replaced the chocolate-dipped strawberry as the quintessential, elegant petit four." The treat is even being adapted for the health conscious. Veganstore.com a website for vegan products, carries a line of organic chocolate truffles. Pure De-lite Truffles, a maker of low-carb truffles, claims that its products are not only sugar-free but also free of wax, preservatives and artificial flavors. You can eat these truffles and not feel like a pig. --By Isabel C. Gonzalez