Word: rare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most part, the particulars of a tenure decision are strictly, a closed-door matter, intensely private and rarely a topic of open conversation. But in the wake of two recent charges of discrimination, outsiders are, for the first time in years, getting a rare close-up look...
Harvard opened the tourney with an 8-1 of Yale. Only a last second Bulldog goal averted what would have been a rare water polo shutout...
Over the past three years, General Electric earned $65 billion domestic profits but paid no federal income taxes Though that may represent the biggest tax advantage enjoyed by any major U.S. corporation, it is not rare. A study released last week by Citizens for Tax Justice, a Washington-based public interest coalition, shows that loopholes and incentive programs are reducing many corporate tax bills to zero. Among 250 major companies whose financial records were surveyed, 51% paid no federal income taxes in at least one of the past three years...
...unfettered freedom of the U.S. press to examine critically actions of the nation's Government and public figures, as well as the public's growing impatience with perceived abuses of that freedom. It is likely to be, in the words of Trial Judge Pierre Leval, "a rare debate and inquiry on issues of the highest national importance...
...estimated 200,000 serious collectors, many are adults who sell and trade the cards like rare stamps. For them, Topps has issued a 402-card reprint of its most famous set, circa 1952. Today an original set fetches about $7,500. The reprints, however, sell...