Word: rare
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Selsby said MGE claimed to have never seen such cases of an “extremely rare malfunction”—Harvard’s two instances of power failures were the only ones found in MGE’s records...
...Stone became the first Harvard administrator to receive the “Advocate Award”—a rare honor given for a community leader’s dedication to public service—at the Public Service Celebration of the Phillip Brooks House Association (PBHA...
...Trained in physics and electrical engineering before earning a Ph.D. in Harvard’s history of science department, Hammonds was praised by one colleague for being “one of the rare people who can speak these multiple languages...
...synthetic in the sparkling intensity of this year's election. Her husband's strengths were humbled by his flaws; his wholesale bitterness overwhelmed his retail campaigning. But the greatest revelation was Hillary Clinton herself - a fabulously skilled candidate and a compelling human being, one of the very rare politicians who found her soul during a campaign, rather than losing it. She needs to find a way to savor that now, without standing in the way of her party's future...
...After high school, Houghton followed the footsteps of many family members, enrolling as a student at Harvard College. The family had a long history with the University, with its name gracing the rare book library—which opened in 1942 after a donation by James’s cousin Arthur...