Word: rare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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From Roman legal indexes to first hand accounts of the discovery of the New World to English poetry, here's what the rare books curators themselves find of special interest in their collections...
Pope John Paul II's prison visit with his would-be assassin [Jan. 9] demonstrates that the ability to forgive is a rare gift. But as the Pontiff has shown, it is possible. As a result, there is hope in this mad world...
...teammates call him "Franny" (short for "the franchise"), LaFontaine is modest about his celebrity. "Playing in the Olympics is a dream come true," he says. After Sarajevo, LaFontaine will join the four-time Stanley Cup-winning Islanders; he could thus follow in Morrow's skatesteps as that rare athlete who wins an Olympic gold medal and a professional championship ring in the same year. "Gosh, wouldn't that be great?" whispers Superkid. "Two dreams come true...
...several courts found that police radio equipment could at times affect the accuracy of some models of Smith & Wesson's Breathalyzer. That legal argument lost part of its power eight months ago, when tests for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration showed that radio-frequency problems are rare and can be avoided with proper safeguards...
Furthermore, despite rare cases of so-called "overnight successes," the record industry, especially in times like these, has been conservative to the point of rejecting new musicians and styles. For any new artist to emerge successful in this endeavor requires a good deal of plain old work and, above all, patience...