Word: purist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...former left-wing Tory long since converted to tight money and tax cuts, became Chancellor of the Exchequer. John Nott, 47, a tough Cornishman once fired by Heath as too inflexible, became Secretary for Trade and Prices. John Biffen, 48, a deceptively shy but zealous right-wing purist and nationalistic opponent of the Common Market, was named Chief Secretary of the Treasury, in effect, director of the budget. Thatcher's one concession to the moderates on the economic front: confirming James Prior, 51, as Employment Secretary. A ruddy Suffolk farmer and most prominent of the so-called Tory social...
...valid today as it was 40 years ago: "As English spreads over the world, will it be able to maintain its present form? Probably not. But why should it? ... Stability in language is synonymous with rigormortis." In 1978, American prose continued to alter, irritate and entertain. To the purist, those characteristics may be evidence of deterioration. Certainly our language has been besieged by vulgarities. But it has also been enriched by vigorous phrases and terms. To those who speak and write with care, those words are the unmistakable beats of life...
...case was more typical of shield law conflicts because, unlike Farber's case, I at least got a hearing," said Porterfield, who termed himself "a purist who still believes that the first amendment gives blanket coverage to reporters...
...vote for Ed King. "People in labor just can't indulge themselves in the luxury of an intellectual...That's what Frank Hatch is. He has never been a hero to the liberal, and all of a sudden, since he and King won the primaries, Hatch has become this purist." She adds one final note of warning to her statement. "If Hatch becomes governor, it will be like a finishing school experience for the next four years...
Frank Hatch apparently decided early on in his campaign to go for a positive, "Why I'm qualified to be governor" campaign line, but let's not be too purist, Frank. It didn't work out that way. All three debates this fall boiled down to name-calling matches between Hatch and King, with the press spurring it on. Finally, Hatch admitted he would be damn scared to see King be governor of the state for four years, while King came back saying that Hatch is just a rich incompetent, totally unqualified to run a state government...