The Catskills, on the other hand, remained pure, retaining their primordial majesty and romance.

WSJ: Hudson River Schooling

Mr Maduro told mourners that Mr Chavez, who led Venezuela for 14 years, remained "undefeated, pure, living for all time".

BBC: Venezuela Nicolas Maduro sworn in as acting president

And then, neutralizing gravity with love and pure will, they remained suspended in air inches below the ceiling, and they kissed each other for a long, long time.

FORBES: Fallacies Of Economic Equality That Promote Poverty

But music, pure, simple, apparently unpolitical, remained her weapon of first resort.

ECONOMIST: Miriam Makeba