Word: rare
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Even after acceptance of the inevitable, it is the rare terminal case who abandons hope. When that occurs, says the author, death is imminent. In an age in which religious faith seems to be crumbling, hope provides the means of enduring the months and years of suffering and of living with the foreknowledge of death. "I don't think about dying, I think about living," said one indignant 53-year-old patient; his losing struggle was then in its 20th year...
...executive is apparently acquitted of the manslaughter charge, but everything has been changed forever. The last scene finds him huddled at home with his wife one night in front of the television set, staring at the screen, with impending doom etched into his face. This is one of those rare films in which all the elements work together. The performances seem the very stuff of reality, the color photography is beautiful without being demonstrative, and the music is both functional and original. Olmi's artistry is obtrusive, but always at the service of his material. On the basis...
George Wald. Higgins Professor of Biology and member of the liberal caucus, said, "Many members of the Faculty who are against the war don't like to see the Faculty voting as a Faculty on political issues. However, this is a rare and special political issue which affects the conduct of the University...
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...school, John was a quarterback, and he got used to running the team. "Once you've played quarterback, you just don't want to play any other position. So when I started to play football here. I naturally wanted to play that position. Quarterbacks my size in college are rare occurrences." John said...