Word: rarely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...amount of speculation rife, however, as to what will take John Harvard's place in the ravished and forlorn Delta. Harvard has no familiar animal, such as might readily be suggested at other places, to place upon a pedestal. And suitable statuary--or indeed any kind of statuary--is rare about the University. The Discobolus in front of the Hemenway gymposium and John Harvard comprise the whole outdoor contingent. There would undoubtedly be insuperable obstacles but some patriot might reasonably drag forth one of the excellent figures in the Germanic Museum--which seems never to be visited--and place...
...party from the University of Pennsylvania set sail for the jungles of the upper Amazon, to snare the almost mythical "hoatzin." The party is headed by Rodolphe M. de Schauenesse, son of a French baroness, and owner of a rare aviary; Joseph McGoldrick; and Henry Norris. The hoatzin is so rare a bird that few scientific men have ever seen it except William Beebe (TIME, April 7), who tracked it down in British Guiana. It is a primitive type, relic of vanished ages, closely allied to the pterodactyl, first known fossil bird. It has a very strong beak, with which...
Just as Beebe, while he is slight and unimpressive, succeeds in creating about himself an atmosphere of romance, so he invests the smallest insects with qualities of rare charm. He owes much to Fabre and to W. H. Hudson; but his rhythmical and beautiful style is distinctive. He is, undoubtedly, in addition to being a recognized scientist of the first order, one of the best essayists we have today in America...
This comedy seems deliberately intent on creating a malomorous reputation. It deals with the overpowering stench engendered by a rare and delicious fruit from China, which, when eaten (by two members of an English household)-permanently imbues them with the aura of a skunk. To inspire further jocularity, the men are compelled to wear diving suits to suppress the effluvia, while devoted friends visit them in gas masks. Eventually one of the men shoots himself, hounded to his grave by a smell...
William K. Vanderbilt will build this summer on his estate at Little Neck, Long Island, overlooking the Sound, the largest privately owned marine museum in the world. Here he will house his more than 400 rare sea specimens caught and mounted in the last 20 years in many cruises on his yacht...