Word: rareness
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...believes in at least one major idea, or program, that has less than 40% support in the polls. Who can tell a joke-at his or her own expense, if possible. Who gets angry, within reason; gets weepy, within reason ... but only if those emotions are real and rare. Who isn't averse to kicking his or her opponent in the shins but does it gently and cleverly. Who radiates good sense, common decency and calm. Who is not afraid to deliver bad news. Who is not afraid to admit a mistake. And who, above all, abides by the motto...
...drawing, though, his face is only sketched in-the final version has the artist's favorite idealized head. Like all the ignudi, Adam looks like the young Marlon Brando. In a detailed study for one of the ignudi, the model's own features are lightly indicated-a rare occurrence, as Michelangelo avoided portraiture. According to his contemporary, the famous chronicler Giorgio Vasari, "he abhorred anything from life unless it was of the utmost beauty." Occasionally, though, he pulled grotesque faces out of his imagination. Some of the sheets have notes or poems scribbled among the figures. One explains exactly where...
...your Milestone on the death of Oleg Cassini [March 27]: When Jacqueline Kennedy selected Cassini to design her wardrobe, it was a rare event, of note not just in the fashion world but also in politics. As a team they turned elegance into power and made our country the epitome of grace and style...
...faculty to offer the insights of their unique perspectives and to feel truly invested in the presidential search process. We had hoped that the search committee would never meet without the presence of students or faculty; we hope under the proposed system, at least these times will remain very rare. To foster a sense that all students and faculty are closely tied to the presidential search process, the University must also select a diverse group of students and faculty members to populate the committees, and it must make its selections in a transparent and well-publicized manner. Including only older...
...reconnaissance work on the Amherst population.It is always good, my young friends, to compare Harvard fashion with other schools’ fashion in order to gain accurate perspective on Harvard’s particular wretchedness. It shows us what we must work on, but can also—on rare occasion—make us feel smug in our hearts.I came expecting to see the detritus of fashion worn by the types of Dave Matthews adherents who also want to go to law school. And that’s what I got. But, strangely enough, it was equal parts terrifying...