Word: rare
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gave a dinner to Sir Auckland Geddes, retiring British Ambassador to the U. S. In a setting of Stars and Stripes, Union Jacks, Army khaki, Navy blue, Diplomatic scarlet, Chauncey M. Depew, President of the Pilgrims of the United States, rose to pay tribute to the excellent character, the "rare qualifications," the remarkable career and the great administrative ability of the British Ambassador. In particular, did he stress the part played by the Ambassador during the Washington Conference and in settling the British war debt...
...SWAN?A combination of art and popularity rare in the Theatre. A comedy of European Royalty, virtually perfect in playing and production...
...forced to keep on the right side of street-cars. And unless the sidewalks are widened considerably, there will be no room for sidewalk subway entrances; the congested passage in front of the Waldorf is a horrible example of bad design--convenient as it may be on those rare occasions when it is open...
...purpose of the "reserved" book system, which is to give everyone the same opportunity to use books which are in great demand. Obviously, when there are two or three books which have to be read by a whole class no individual is justified in carrying off one of those rare volumes for his own unlimited and leisurely study...
Officials of both the Harvard Trust Company and the Cambridge Trust Company told a CRIMSON reporter yesterday that, while cases of forged checks are exceedingly rare, a large number of overdrafts mar the banking records of University students. "Easy come and easy go is the rule for most college men as far as money is concerned." "The average undergraduate has never had a checking account in his life before, and he can't keep it straight. As a rule he does not know whether his balance is $20 or 10 cents." These were a few of the comments made...