Word: rare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Because of Arnold's apt suggestion, The Terminator turned out to be a memorable action picture, with a truly scary villain--a rare treat these days when real life is more frightening than the movies. If you've seen it even once, you remember at least two scenes: the one early on in which the killer robot from the Future picks up his high tech weaponry at a corner "Sport Shop" so heavily equipped it could be a member of NATO; and the sequence half-way through in which the Body lays waste to a police station, killing at least...
Bailey says it is unusual to have so many letters of ancient figures preserved. "It's very rare--these are actual, personal, quite uninhibited letters written to close friends. They bring you right into touch with him and his life," he says...
...cause of the sickness is a rare neurological disorder, blepharospasm, that causes involuntary closure of the eyelids and spasms in the face muscles...
After falling behind, 7-1, by the end of the second quarter, the Crimson played Navy to a 5-5 stand-off the rest of the way--and punctuated the "comeback" by successfully defending against a rare 6-on-4 Cadet power play at the end of the game...
...away by the one thing they have in common: their custodianship of the presidency. As Ronald and Nancy Reagan joined Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter for the dedication of the new $25 million Carter Presidential Center, what might have passed as a routine ribbon cutting provided the nation with a rare glimpse of adversaries transcending enmity with tact, grace and high style...