Word: raring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...they bring in the last of the crop, each can count on being about $1,500 richer. In the barracks at the Bolton orchards, the Jamaicans celebrate the end of the harvest by passing around a bottle of blackberry brandy, a favorite that they break out only on rare occasions. Vernon Spaulding, 44, is looking forward to moving south. But he won't get home to Paredon, Jamaica, where he raises goats, until next March. This year, as he has done for the past ten years, he will spend the winter in Florida cutting sugar cane ?backbreaking ground-level...
This weekend we're going to do something different with Penn--we're going to try to get it admitted to Houghton Library. Everyone knows how sensitive those rare books people are about ink, so when an entire school named Penn enters the library, those librarians will probably go bonkers...
...rare coalition votes...
...were God and chose to manifest yourself on earth, wouldn't you give serious consideration to appearing as George Burns? The man has always had a quietly authoritative air about him-a realist who has somehow avoided the trap of cynicism. Better still, he is one of the rare comedians who have never begged an audience for sympathy (a business as fatal to comic belief as it is to divine belief). Burns maintains a reserve, a dignity that must surely be appreciated in heaven, if only because of its increasing rarity here below. Finally, there is Burns' impeccable...
...itself, but it may yet serve an equally great purpose for the Mainstage theater, for this cast is nothing if not energetic and obviously committed to their show, and they have little trouble in drawing in the audience. The play runs through Saturday, and it is one of those rare shows that should not be missed. The new season has finally arrived at the Loeb, and Brother Jero kicks it off in winning form...