Word: raring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...commitment to Israel is often evaluated in terms of morality and an ideological commitment to the Israelis. In truth, it is a rare coincidence of moral and strategic principles," Churba said...
...rare snows have melted, and the record chill has receded in Florida. But the truck gardens in the far south of the state lay devastated, their tomatoes, lettuce and cucumbers wiped out by the cold. Some migrant workers are heading northward, searching for new crops to pick. There is work in the citrus groves of central Florida-hard, chilly work-as growers race to salvage what they can of an orange crop that was 30% to 40% destroyed by the Big Freeze. You can see the damage from the air-the telltale brownish gray of damaged trees edges...
...misnamed tin can, symbol of Americans' compulsion to litter, took on a new kind of emblematic role last week. In a rare display of Government-industry amity, U.S. Steel Corp. announced that it will raise the price of the tin-plated steel used to make most beer, vegetable and fruit cans by an average of 4.8%, and the White House publicly bestowed its blessing on the increase as a relatively moderate one. More important, TIME has learned that the Carter Administration got U.S. Steel to shave down the increase as a result of private talks that constituted a model...
...book is marred--but far from ruined. Ideology exists without a proper context, Barry's conceptions of feminism, sexual roles and "androgynous minds" may occasionally rankle a feminist reader. His effort to prove his sympathy for feminist causes sometimes backfires, making him sound overbearing instead. But these moments are rare. For the most part, Infamous Woman is both a scholarly and an enjoyable book. Barry admirably portrays the complex woman who wrote shortly before her death, "I am still a troubadour) who believes in love, in art, in the ideal, and sings his song while the world jeers and jabbers...
...rare occasion indeed when a rock columnist can bury the hatchet-pen, and unequivocally sing the praises of a rising group with the potential for world-beating success. I sing today specifically of the Ramones, a neat, clean-cut group of young men--none could be more than 19--who hail from Forest Hills, New York. Forest Hills has spawned a great number of talented rock performers in its day--among them Sam the Sham and two of his Pharoahs, and two of the Four Seasons--but few of those people could boast the unique combination of sex appeal (good...