Word: raring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...report's most ominous finding is that the plague is spreading to rural and suburban schools as well. Even there, brutal fights in the corridors and weapons hidden in cars outside are no longer rare. Says Peter Laarman of the American Federation of Teachers: "One of the more shocking things is that people can no longer say this is an inner-city problem. The dimensions are appalling...
...Last week it was revealed that Lady Soames, one of the Churchills' daughters, had informed Sutherland, 74, of the fate of the portrait. "I feel no personal bitterness about the destruction of the picture," he remarked. "Nevertheless, it must be considered as an act of artistic vandalism rather rare in the history of art." Estimated value of the canvas if it still existed: at least...
...career defined the art of cinematic comedy, yet people saw more in his movies than just calculated gags. The Little Tramp, Chaplin's most famous character, was funny, but he won the hearts of world-wide audiences with his pathos and down-at-the-heels dignity. Chaplin had a rare sense of humanity that dominated his work, and though he sought laughter with a perfectionist's intensity, it is this sensitivity that is the most memorable thing about his legacy...
...BEST, Billy Joel is known in the music world as a talented keyboard artist who sings moving ballads. Joel got that image with the release of Piano Man, his debut album on Columbia Records, which followed a virtually unknown and very rare release called Cold Spring Harbor. The title track from Piano Man, along with other slow ballads such as "Captain Jack" and the more upbeat "Ballad of Billy the Kid," created the in age for Joel, and he has continued it with songs such as "Miami 2107" and "I've Loved These Days...
Sources close to the Cambridge City Council announce that Dean Henry Rosovsky "will not be the next mayor of Cambridge" because he does not feel he can abandon his review of undergraduate education "at this time." In a rare show of solidarity, the council unanimously selects the giant recombinant clam as the new mayor, after the clam promises to continue former Mayor Vellucci's practices of "keeping Harvard on its toes," "swing voting, and pastadigition...