Word: rare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most important of the works, however, was Raphael's 1508 Mary with the Christ Child and Young John the Baptist, known as the Esterházy Madonna after the Hungarian noble family that sold it to the state in 1872. A jewel of the collection, the Madonna gives rare insights into Raphael's compositional skills. Raphael Scholar James Beck of Columbia University estimates that it alone is worth between $1 million and $2 million, while the total value of the stolen works is as much as $7 million...
...Steven fit the mold in all categories; that's a rare back," says Glueck. Harvard, after the loss against Dartmouth, needed to beat Princeton at the Stadium to stay in contention for the Ivy title...
...those rare people whose commitment to higher values will live long after him," said acting CFIA director Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Nye recalled that Aquino was absolutely certain that he should go back to the Philippines, despite the threats he received warning him to postpone his return. Nye recalled Aquino saying. "I have to go if democracy is to return there...
...would later do on TV. But as the President finished his explanation, the five leaders sat in hushed silence. Finally House Speaker Tip O'Neill broke it. "God bless you, Mr. President," he said. "And good luck." Tip gently patted Reagan's arm in a rare moment of rapport...
...Senators were present for the vote. Vice President George Bush made one of his extremely rare appearances to preside, though there was not the remotest chance he would have to break a tie. Rather, the upper chamber was acting with all possible solemnity to confer an honor previously granted to only one American citizen, George Washington. As the honoree's widow watched proudly from the gallery, the Senate voted 78 to 22 to establish the third Monday of January, beginning in 1986, as a national holiday commemorating the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The high moment...