Word: rare
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Playwright Slawomir Mrozek, has David Margulies as a young man eager to exercise the sacred right of youth to rebel; but he finds that his totally permissive home life leaves him nothing to rebel against. Despite stilted direction and a somewhat awkward translation, the play is one of those rare and engrossing dramas that pay an evening-long courtesy call on the mind...
...Sorry to read about Maurice Stans, the new Secretary of Commerce bagging a rare antelope in the Congo. I wonder if these people who kill in order to have more stimulating "cocktail conversation" are really people with human qualities, love for life, or if they possess any real compassion for anything...
...placed in warm pens to recover. Of the more than 500 birds brought in by week's end, two-thirds had survived. The fouled waters threatened thousands of rookeries on the Santa Barbara Islands, haven for the sea elephant, the Guadalupe fur seal (once thought extinct) and the rare sea otter...
Another problem is sponsorship. "You need about $15,000 a year for expenses to play the tour," says Lee Elder, who finished 54th in the rankings last year with earnings of $31,690, "and it is rare for a Negro to have a sponsor." As a result, says Ray Botts, 32, who won only $3,431 last season, many young black golfers cannot afford to sharpen their game with consistent tournament play and "they get disillusioned very quickly." Some are reduced to hustling duffers, while others who stick it out often do so at the expense of their prime playing...
...such accomplishments are rare. (In fact, a hit itself is rare these days. Last season, only 13 productions out of 74 returned their investment; and only two, Plaza Suite and Hair, will return substantial profits.) Usually, a hit is a hit from the outset. This season two Broadway musicals besides Dear World have tried out here; both were well received by Boston critics. As a result, one, Zorba, underwent minor cutting and restaging, but no major changes. The other, Promises, Promises, got three new songs, of which one ("I'll Never Fall in Love Again") was considered an important addition...