Word: rare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Somehow, Harvard Coach Joe Restic maintained his optimism. After the final indignity had been inflicted upon his team, a loss to Yale at The Stadium, Restic showed rare humor. To a reporter's question about why the Harvard-Yale series is so close--in Restic's time here, Yale holds a 10-8 advantage--Restic smiled...
...Election Day he never went to the Oval Office, a rare departure from his schedule. He stayed in the White House's private quarters, padding around some of the time in a jogging outfit, phoning old friends and sampling the early television bulletins. His pollster Richard Wirthlin came around, and the two men looked at the figures. A sudden drop in Bush support in some spots had caused overnight concern, but then the tracking data through the day showed a solid Bush lead. He cut the photo opportunities down to a lone picture of Nancy and him watching the early...
Reagan took a little time to talk to his biographer Edmund Morris. It was one of those rare moments between the past and the future. The proceedings were declared secret, to show up in Morris' book a couple of years or so from now. Late in the afternoon Reagan got a call from George Bush. He took it in private, knowing it could be an awkward moment to share with the public. Bush said thank you for the victory to come, the victory that both could feel as the evening rushed in on them...
...performers more different than Cliff and Thompson. As a singer and a movie star, Cliff has helped make reggae a household word--and in the process, has made himself internationally famous. Thompson, a cult figure and a pioneer of the Celtic folk/rock movement, is one of those rare virtuosi--like B.B. King, Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler--who can make a guitar sing or weep. Both gave outstanding performances...
Since this act of uncommon generosity--a person who openly expresses love for Cleveland is as rare as a liberal who likes Dan Qualye--Clevelanders have embraced Kosar as the man destined to lead the Browns to the Super Bowl...