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Dominguin believes that bullfighting is neither a sport nor a business, but an art. He despises most of his fellow bullfighters, whom he regards as "commercial." Consequently, he is unpopular with them. He thinks of himself as a purist, an upholder of the classical style, as opposed to the current fashion which measures a bullfighter by bravery alone...
...Europeans liked the company, the dancers returned the feeling with interest. Offstage they enthusiastically pursued the gourmet trail, gawked at the sights, suffered the usual tourist complaints (sniffles, upset stomachs). They all put on some weight, and thereby drew a rebuke from Purist Balanchine: "Some of them have become so fat it is difficult to look at them...
...along a big street that is lined for miles & miles with filling stations and restaurants that have absolutely no relationship to the setting, a hodgepodge of ugliness ... Or some suburban developer comes along, cutting down the trees, bulldozing the site and befouling our habitat." A purist with a sad, cold eye, Gropius believes that the main reason for the architectural ugliness he finds everywhere is "inertia of the heart. Man still clings to some visible reminder of Grandpa...
...Purist. In Beaminster. England, Peter Tunstall was fined $5.60 for "malicious damage" after he uprooted a signpost that read "Drive Slow," wrote on it: "Disgusted at this display of bad English. Please rewrite and re-erect...
...only the most complete purist would not have been pretty deeply affected by the whole thing. It is quite a privilege to be able to hear the Mass at all no matter what the interpretation. In fact, I think those who managed to get seats were among the luckiest people in the world yesterday. And if their standing ovation for all participants is any indication, they thought...