Word: rareness
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...offered virgin mimosas and Bloody Marys—a staple for any successful pajama party. Yet, though this themed brunch was such a resounding success, it is difficult to forget the sometimes-mediocre product produced by this same streamlined organization. Cooking for thousands of students at every meal with rare breaks is a difficult task, and one that is nearly impossible to accomplish perfectly. There have been days when I have found little appetizing in the dining hall. It is, however, a testament to HUDS that these days are rare, despite eating meal after meal here. Though some days...
...travels the country giving unique concert/lectures about master composers, while not attending to his private practice or his role as co-director of the Human Sexuality Program at the Weill-Cornell Medical Center in New York. From his job description alone, it is clear that Kogan is a rare combination; he is a Harvard- (he graduated medical school in 1981) and Cornell-educated psychiatrist as well as an accomplished pianist who studied at Juilliard. He has starred in a DVD about the life and work of tormented musical genius Robert Schumann. But he is also a practicing and high-profile...
...tight. I thought I really might break The Streak. Why not? I’d just turned 21, I wasn’t a kid anymore, and goodness knew I could stand to loosen up a little. More importantly, I felt like I’d been given a rare chance to revisit and possibly change the past—I’d be surrounded by the people I knew long ago, before I’d begun my difficult marriage to teetotalism. Convinced that a moment of consequence was looming, I brushed my teeth, donned my favorite shirt...
Kushner located a dry, allusive, sometimes bleakly comic language for them, and Spielberg often found himself just listening to Kushner's words, momentarily forgetting his picture-making part of their deal. In a situation rare in modern filmmaking, the screenwriter was on the set 90% of the time. "When something was more action driven, Steven would take the lead," says Kennedy, "and when something was more dialogue driven, Tony would take the lead." Says Spielberg: "It was as close as I've ever come to directing a play...
Fortunately, such moments are rare lulls in the madcap momentum of the piece. The songs—including the obligatory Gilbert and Sullivan patter song, which is delivered flawlessly—are generally upbeat and full of wordplay that is more memorable than the tunes...