Word: rare
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...shall see before long the Entomological Company prepared to say it with insects, for example, we cannot help approving of a plan that will make science prosper of its own accord. At least the formation of the Psychological Corporation does away with the lack of precedent for this rare and highly desirable achievement...
...which offer a letter. But it is the lack of personal interest and coaching for the beginner that holds back the minor sports. There is a small group of enthusiasts in each who keep the team alive from year to year. But a severe competition in minor sports is rare; a team is scraped together, and no more. To be sure, minor sport cannot offer the elaborate system and the large group of coaches which crew possesses. Yet there is a wide opportunity in this field for any and every man who wants to take regular exercise in competitive form...
...wool enthusiast. When the queer properties of a piece of galena ore, or a crystal of silicon, carborundum and several other minerals was discovered, feeble little signals were occasionally heard, and this sealed the fate of many young men. They were able to communicate with each other at rare intervals over short distances, and once in a while heard some of the large Marconi stations. The thrill was so profound, that they went at their problems with a thousand times more energy...
John Freeman, copious and intricate lyricist, won with his "Poems New and Old" the Hawthornden Prize for 1920. He is a rare poet, and aloof poet, and it is not surprising that he is so little known in this country. His poems are often involved, often difficult, and often demand a re-reading. But his work has nearly always subtle turns of thought and touches of startling beauty. Few poets have his wonderful, uncanny feeling about trees...
...Samuels in a repertoire of new songs and original monologue is the outstanding feature of the widely varied bill at Keith's this week. Miss Samuels' rare humor coupled with her irrepressible pep more than holds up her position as headliner. It is this star's first appearence in Boston vaudeville after an absence of several years. She was exceptionally well received and gave several encores...