Word: rare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many experts believe the really blatant cases of insider profiteering are rare, despite the hubbub. "The vast majority of the people on Wall Street are not doing it," says Edward Brodsky, a Manhattan securities lawyer. "Those who are, however, infect the integrity of the entire marketplace." Maintaining that integrity has been a difficult challenge in the deregulated, hurly-burly Wall Street of the 1980s, where traders have been tempted to use insider tips to maintain their competitive edge...
...rare interview with TIME last week, Slovo spoke freely of the unity of purpose between the ANC and the Communist Party. Said he: "There are no differences in our common objective to destroy racism and to achieve a united democratic South Africa." But, he added, South Africa's Communists make no secret of their conviction that a democratic revolution will eventually lead to a second, socialist phase. Any suggestion that the ANC serves as a Soviet puppet, however, Slovo insists is a "slanderous insult...
...Since then more than two dozen chemical elements and hundreds of compounds have been found to be superconductors near that temperature extreme. The only practical way to make something that cold is to bathe it in liquid helium, which exists only at temperatures below 4 K. But helium is rare, and expensive to liquefy. Even so, the efficiency of electromagnets wound with superconducting wires is so great that in certain situations the expense is justified...
...course, the marketing consultants are going wild. They have the rare opportunity to completely distort the public mindset. In the old days, condoms had rough, manly names, officially and on the street. Guys called them "safes," "johns," and "scumbags;" their trademarks implied conquest and domination: "Ramses" and "Trojans." Some of the later brands got a little wimpy. "Excita," one was called--a name as appropriate for a federal tax form as for a condom...
Section Leader: Thank you for being so honest. It is very rare for a section leader to have this opportunity to know the real motives behind the discussions. I am grateful for this opportunity to quit before having to go through a semester of hell with you nimrods...