Word: rarer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Byrnes almost pulled off something even rarer in diplomacy than in baseball-an unassisted triple play. He confirmed the world's growing belief that a strong, positive U.S. line is the best guarantee against a new war. He offered a specific solution for the German problem-the indispensable prelude to any real European settlement. Best of all, he forced a showdown on Soviet policy. Fear of German revival has been Russia's excuse for her expansionist policies in Europe. If Russia now refuses the Byrnes offer of joint big-power assistance in guaranteeing her security against such...
...rarer kind of dew sweeper was the amateur: at Florida prices, few could afford amateur standing. The dawn patrol slept in auto camps and trailers. They lived on hamburgers and Cokes. In the last few months, six top amateurs have turned pro. Said one of them, Fred Haas Jr.: "It cost me $6,000 to expense myself through 25 tourneys last year. That's costly." Almost the only amateurs left were well-to-do businessmen who can break par, but cannot break into the Big 20. They get a kick out of being in the same tournament with golf...
...Southern governor: "The crimes are revolting, but a part of the blame . . . arises from the neglect of the State and society to provide a better environment. . . . Our public schools, equipped with capable teachers . . . [and] an effective compulsory-attendance law, would do much to correct delinquency among all races." Rarer still, in all North Carolina there was no outcry...
That lordly symbol of virility, the bull, is getting rarer. Dairy bulls on U.S. farms are constantly becoming victims of technological unemployment. Reason: the rising popularity with dairy farmers of artificial insemination...
...civilians have ever heard of Rear Admiral Harold Gardiner Bowen, but the U.S. Navy knows him very well indeed. Stocky and bald, the fiery Admiral possesses a quality much rarer than courage in battle: an absolute fearlessness of superior rank when one of his pet projects is involved. His scrappy perseverance is a departmental legend. Over strong brass-hat opposition, he helped browbeat the Navy into adopting new high-pressure, high-temperature steam turbines, which have proved invaluable in World War II's ships (TIME, July 12, 1943). He has been officially cited as the spark plug behind...