Word: rare
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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LaRusso was easily the outstanding player on the floor, pulling down 12 rebounds, and moving in and out of the key-hole with rare agility for a man his size. Probably knowing that he was being watched by Celtic coach Red Auerbach, the 6 ft., 6 in. forward succeeded in putting on a good show. And he had help from his talented teammates, notably Sosnowski, Kaufman, and Gary Vandeweghe...
After having amused its breakfast table readers with a bit of a jest at the expense of Dr. Castro's scattered forces, the Times waxed serious. Having already praised Batista's government for its benevolent despotism, it called the insurgent plot "forlorn and suicidal." Thoroughly enjoying itself, in a rare burst of poetry the Times added: "More sophisticated nations see little rhyme or reason for these...
...dances to drive away evil spirits. The country has no newspapers, and mail goes by pony express. There are no lawyers, because the government thinks that lawyers stir up more trouble than they are worth. A magistrate hears both sides of an argument, makes his judgment. Crime is so rare that there are never more than 15 prisoners in jail...
Time, conceding it to be "an effort of a sort and size rare in today's U.S. theatre," opined that it "has an often stunning theatricality, notably in the first half," but that the second half "rather lacks a strong pulse" and ends on a note that is "unsatisfying... because it lacks dramatic truth...
...After that he joined the parade of topnotch atomic physicists at the University of California's famed Radiation Laboratory, later became associate director. In March he moved his wife and three children to Washington and took on his ARPA job, turned out to be that rare combination of thoroughgoing professional and easygoing, low-pressure executive. Once a sports-jacket type, York has changed to conventional suits, but his wife still has to sew identifying labels into his clothing, for he is color blind...