The literature lover in me wants very much to use these authors' impressive sales figures as evidence for Ferrante's insistence that "For those who love reading, the author is purely a name".
The negotiations floundered, however, and Ramsgate ultimately had no involvement in the formation of Thanet United F.C. in 1981, which turned out to be purely a name change for Margate.
Readers and viewers who know Murdoch purely as a name — or as one of those figures so wealthy, and granted such frictionless mobility by their wealth, that they never seem to be in the part of the world that you expect them to be — were startled to see a senior gent, with sparse white hair and a clownish smile, descend upon London.
However, he asks, "Is it an Arab name from the Koran or purely a Somali name?" James intends to impress Ahmed; he wants the young man to know that he has a modicum of knowledge about his traditions.
Benincasa -- "good in home" -- is Ms. Kenney's maiden name, but she keeps her divorced husband's last name, purely a business decision.
But third party services can sometimes require a Facebook login (a workaround for that would be to create a dummy Facebook account purely for login purposes — using a name and email you don't use for anything else, and not linking it to your usual mobile phone number or adding anyone you actually know IRL) Tell me more: Deleting Facebook clearly isn't for everyone.
"Will Smith is unique in that he is one of a very few people who is a draw purely on name alone," says Rick Alvarez, longtime Wayans brothers producing partner, including the upcoming Dance Flick.
A lot of these kids are trying to make a name for themselves purely on their athletic ability, and they're not getting high-dollar contracts to perform.
There I had time to think and to write, and when books began to be published, I decided to use neither father's last name nor my husband's, but a name that was purely mine.
Sometimes it can help to see the results of using a name rather than focusing purely on your nervousness, skittish memory, or simple lack of willpower to remember another's name.
The rule was adopted six months before the end of the period analyzed by the researchers, so the study sheds little light on whether the rule will be effective in reducing the number of funds that make purely cosmetic name changes.
