The compound where she lives is pristine, her children healthy and her hands are washed in the open, before she comes to say hello.
He invoked a need to leave the state financially pristine for "our children and grandchildren".
But the gates guarding the pristine world of children's literature had been opened, and, some twenty years later, Maurice Sendak, another writer edited by Nordstrom, would also challenge people's perceptions of what constituted "suitable" material for young people.
At Main Camp Primary School near the gates of Hwange, children in pristine green uniforms sing for us to marimba drums, dancing frenetically.
If a substantial proportion of the population has little or no direct interaction with pristine natural environments as children, how will that affect their lifelong attitude toward such places?
Secretaries at Don Draper's ad agency marvel at an electric typewriter, a mom at a pastoral family picnic tosses the trash onto pristine park grounds, a child who plays with a dry-cleaning bag is scolded, not for the risk, but for mussing the clothes inside.
As a photographer, she typically takes photos of clients and their children that look pristine.
The new school is pristine, fresh, and what the children deserve - a safe and clean place conducive for learning.
He had decided on a new name for the country, and letting his rich voice boom across the bar, he told me what it was: "Fuck You, Everybody!" At the beach, the sun was high, the water pristine and bathtub warm, and children shrieked in joy as they ran in and out of the shallow breakers.
"If a child sees a pristine field of snow he'll either jump or piss in it to make his mark.
