Word: rare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Aspin, D-Wis., said his analysis of the single-warhead missile showed Midgetman is "that rare kind of weapon that should garner support from liberals and conservatives alike...
Some of the most encouraging results have been in children with a rare and extreme version of FH. Yuko, 11, of Osaka, Japan, has been treated for nine years by Dr. Akira Yamamoto of the National Cardiovascular Center, earlier with a crude version of cholesterol filtering and more recently with a process similar to that used at Rogosin. Racked by angina at age two, she can now climb a flight of stairs without stopping. What is even more impressive to scientists is that X-ray studies show that her disease has actually regressed. "Atherosclerosis of her renal artery has completely...
...says that promiscuity brings brief pleasure but also a loss of will, a generally low character and possibly neurasthenia. Even the wedding night has its perils. The book warns that husbands who do not know the location of the female genitals can cause severe damage. "Though such cases are rare," the book says, "they are worth noting...
...Rare is the day that Giuliani's name does not appear in the papers. He is media savvy, not overtly calculating. He loves to talk (he does so with unselfconscious self-absorption), to expatiate in professorial detail (with the slightest hint of a lisp). He is also a modern haiku master who can distill a complicated answer into a crisp, 15-second sound bite. When necessary, he can be circumspect. After Giuliani testified at a recent hearing in New York on medical malpractice, one reporter tried to engage him in debate about the Mafia. He smiled mischievously. "Remember the rules...
...wife Donna Hanover, an anchor on a local TV station, and their first child Andrew Harold, who was born last week. But Giuliani takes time out for the unexpected pursuit. Not long ago, he attended a memorial Mass for Roger Maris at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Giuliani was that rare thing, a fan who preferred the saturnine Maris over his more popular teammate Mickey Mantle. "Mantle was a better natural hitter," Giuliani explains. "But Maris, a team player, always went for the long ball, for home runs." The scouting report on Giuliani would say the same thing...