Word: rarer
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...tentative rapprochement, and Kashmir savors its best tourism season in years. Alas, the violence won't stop: many other militants, fearing abandonment by their Pakistani handlers, are hardening their stances. But Kashmir has seen rivers of blood before. Judging by last week, it is now witnessing a rarer outbreak of hope...
...what of the supposedly more civilized Qusay, who in recent years usurped his older brother's position as Saddam's heir apparent? Specific tales of Qusay's transgressions are rarer, but it is only in comparison with Uday that Qusay, 37, could be regarded as a moderate man. He, too, had an eye for women, though he is not known to have raped any. Like his brother and father, he lived extravagantly, even as Iraqis survived on government food rations. And he did his share of killing...
...ceased to exist and unemployment is optimistically estimated to hover at over 50%. Food is often in short supply with more than 60% of the population dependent on handouts from the oil-for-food program and around 40% of the children suffering from malnutrition. Clean drinking water is becoming rarer and electricity generation cannot even meet the reduced needs of an impoverished nation...
...blood-typing error that resulted in 17-year-old Jesica Santillan's being given the wrong heart and lungs was, by all accounts, an unusual mistake for the prestigious Duke University Hospital. Even rarer in some ways was the frank public acknowledgment of error by the hospital, followed by a sincere apology from her doctor. According to a study published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, that sort of thing doesn't happen often enough, especially for patients who desperately want more information about what's happening to them--both good...
...Jadwin (1988-89) both predate Harvard coach Frank Sullivan. The Crimson has enjoyed some success against Penn in recent years, scoring upsets at Lavietes each of the last two seasons, but it has never matched that success in the Quakers’ home building. Wins have been even rarer against Princeton—except for that one magical night at Lavietes when Hill and Harvard gained glory...