Word: rareness
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It’s hard to stabilize Ghostface’s characters, and in that sense they have an independence that is very rare in hip-hop. Stereotypes like Tupac’s reformed thug or 50 Cent’s muscled, gun-totin’, sex god aren’t characters; they’re devices a rapper can use to move a song along. Ghostface lets his characters get away from him. His stories are so exhilarating to listen to because he doesn’t seem to have complete control over them...
Italy has long been the proverbial Old Country, a source of nostalgia for its millions of emigrants around the world. To its 58 million citizens, it is that rare land that still honors tradition and respects the wisdom of its elders...
...this question even more salient. Both are elite private schools, both enroll students primarily from outside of the state, and both have significant town-gown issues.But even more important than these more superficial similarities is the shared thread of privilege at both schools. Duke and Harvard students share a rare level of academic and financial privilege, and the added stratification of athletics could further embolden some athletes at Harvard, like at Duke, to believe that they are above the community, the school, and even the law. But despite the similarities between the situations, there is hope that Harvard will continue...
David Brooks’ is a rare voice of reason and common sense at that graying lady of American newspapers, The New York Times. It was disappointing, then, to see Brooks make a major mistake in one of his recent columns, a generally solid piece giving advice and guidance to college students present and future. The New York Times’ conservative made a mistake not in arguing that students should take a course in ancient Greece, read Plato, or learn a foreign language. These are suggestions so obviously beneficial as to be immune from all but the most unhinged...
...Harper is trying to control his government's message, he certainly isn't alone. U.S. President George W. Bush has tried to impose strict discipline within his Administration, and leaks have been rare. Canadian Prime Ministers have tried similar approaches for decades--at least at the beginning of their mandates. But Harper's style has lacked subtlety. When asked at a Feb. 21 press conference whether he would continue to make himself accessible to the media, he responded dismissively, "I will be available when I have something to announce." Other members of the government have similarly been less than media...