Word: rare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Self-assured almost to the point of brashness, Pollack is something more--rare. Most of Harvard's student-athletes do not apply early...
...Everyone admires her. She's very together," freshman Jamelle Bowers says. "She realizes that school comes first. At meets, when she cheers for the team, she'll make other people get up and cheer too. Even if she loses a race, which is rare, she never has a bad attitude...
...Sunshine, palm trees, snowballs. Snowballs? Yep -- and kids whooshing down snow-covered hills on skateboards, while cars skidded on icy roads. During one magical day last week, as much as a foot of the white stuff fell across a four-county area in Southern California. Local children got a % rare glimpse of what Northerners mean by winter. Debbie Uyeno and her family built a snowman in their front yard and even piled flakes into the hot tub. "I don't ever remember snow," said Debbie, 12. "It was fun." Not for everybody. More than 10,000 customers lost electrical power...
...more unusual reasons to praise him. His writing is so assured that he can do handkerchief tricks on the page. Just try to spot the magic. His characters, mostly country people, along with some layabout Houstoners ("We drank margaritas as often as we could stand it"), are portrayed with rare tenderness; Bass is even tolerant of his blackhearted men. The title story is the most ambitious, a frightening descent into deep Southern swamps. But a dippy little yarn called Mississippi is just as satisfying. It is about a man who loses his girl because . . . well, because, like a horse with...
Actress Sigourney Weaver claimed a rare Oscar double nomination for best actress for Gorillas in the Mist: The Adventure of Dian Fossey and best supporting actress for Working Girl...