Word: rare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Throughout, Reagan will be trying to portray himself as the leader of an alliance that is enjoying a rare period of relative prosperity and solidarity. White House aides are quick to admit that one purpose is to impress the voters at home...
Airdrops are possible in rare circumstances, but the Soviets have radar and fast interceptors...
...though he had suffered from rickets. Several fingers are missing. A large open wound covers one knee, and the smiling lips are bitten raw. He looks for all the world like a battered child, but only nature is to blame for his condition. He was born with an extremely rare genetic defect that makes him insensitive to pain. His fingers were either crushed or burned because he did not pull his hand away from things that were hot or dangerous. His bones and joints are misshapen because he pounded them too hard when he walked or ran. His knee...
...also made headlines closer to home in October when he lashed out, in a rare public statement, against a binding referendum that would make Cambridge a nuclear-free zone by banning research on nuclear weapons within city limits. Bok said the so-called "Nuclear Free Cambridge" proposal violated tenets of academic freedom, a view that residents of Cambridge apparently share. The resolution was decisively defeated by Cambridge voters in November, following a contentious campaign between supporters and heavily financed opposition groups, which included several Harvard professors...
...concentrations. According to Judith A. Kates, director of special programs, the number of special concentrators has not increased and there does not seem to be a change in the attitude of people who grant special concentrations. "It has always been felt that it is an important safety valve for rare students. But very few students fall into that category," she notes. However, some students have pushed for lightening the burden and allowing more Women's Studies concentrators. The drive has been going on for a long time, but it has been conducted with little help from within the administration. "With...