Word: rarely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thing is in the middle of the picture it is killed.'5 From your description of the camera gun, the quoted statement may account for numerous alibis and limited bags. In wing shooting, the gun is never aimed directly at the object to be struck, except on the rare occasion of a straightaway bird, neither rising nor falling. For cross flight at 40 yards distance, it would be necessary to back that goose eight feet...
With that rare burst of intelligence which comes now and then even to non-Socialists, Mr. Francis adds, "had . . . this . . . man been distributing Salvation Army propaganda ... he would have been just as liable to arrest, though whether he would have been arrested or not is another question...
...teething rings fell upon the Currier & Ives prints. They began to boost their value as records of an artless age, some even insisting upon their intrinsic value as works of art. Prices mounted until now a "good" Currier & Ives print is worth about as much as a Chevrolet and rare ones can be sold to lift mortgages from old farmhouses...
...number of mechanical devices have been installed to make the library more efficient. In rooms containing rare books and fine bindings, the humidity and temperature will be controlled to prevent deterioration; in other portions of the building there will be forced ventilation. To expedite the delivery of books to readers, pneumatic tubes and conveyors have been installed...
...trial hours. It seemed such a reliable instrument, so useful in relieving the pilot from constant attention to controls, so much more quick and accurate than a sleepy pilot in moving the controls, that Secretary of War Good permitted the War Department to award it one of its rare encomiums: "The auto-matic pilot has arrived...