Word: rarely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dark. One of their 130 Arecuna Indian porters hacked with his machete at a 14-ft. anaconda until it was dead and ready for eating. (Anaconda flesh tastes something like chicken.) They snared birds, netted insects, disinterred ground plants, culled orchids from their treeholds, pounced on small beasts. Rare among their catches was a variety of the Thomas rat, second of its kind ever caught. (The first is in the British Museum.) They also trapped five strange mice with sharp noses, beady eyes and long claws, more a digger than a gnawer type of creature. Altogether in their bales, sacks...
...useless after leaving college is due to the achievements of those men of real ability who were not able to derive any benefit from such an education and failed to distinguish themselves as students. The figures obtained by these two independent sources, however, show clearly that such men are rare exceptions, and that for the most part those who score by their academic pursuits at college will continue their success after graduation...
Pius XI, Pope, to a gathering of parish priests and special Lenten preachers recommended that, during this period, sane and wholesome reading be extolled in their services. Other books should not be extolled. Said the Pontiff: "Favored by marvelous gifts from God for ingenuity and creative fantasy, it is rare that he has not left in his work some traces of impiety and immorality." "He" was, all agreed, famed Italian poet and playwright Gabriele d'Annunzio...
Lord Askwith's object was, of course, to boost the price of tin by suggesting that it might soon be as rare as gold. But London tin dealers were deaf to Lord Askwith. They put down the price of tin by nearly $11 per ton and in New York tin lost ⅛? per pound. Guggenheim interests and the National Lead Co., largest U. S. tin producers, have frequently warned the U. S. of a world shortage of tin by 1940. U. S. prices, however, over the last four months have gone down to 50? a pound from 65?. British...
...death of Cotton Mather, of the Class of 1678, the Treasure Room of Widener Library is now displaying a collection of his works. Among the articles of particular interest are some manuscript sermons, one or two personal letters written in Latin, several books that belonged to him, and numerous rare editions of his works. Among the sermons is one bearing the title, "Sermon upon the Duties wherein and Reasons whereof young people should become Religious...