Word: seldom
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Back of the White House, not far from her husband's medicine-ball-ground, Mrs. Hoover has had laid out a flagstoned retreat among the trees, with rustic chairs against a shrubbery background. Nearby a special flowerbed has been turned, prepared and planted. Mrs. Hoover supervises the gardener but seldom trowels herself...
...Seldom a handshaker, Col. Lindbergh is even less often a "joiner." For him it has been boasted that the only air clubs to which he belongs are the Caterpillar club (parachutests) and the Q. B. (Quiet Birdmen). Last fortnight he paid $1,000 to join Aviation Country Clubs, Inc., electing as his home club the one which is to be erected at Hicksville...
...Seldom or never before has the representative of a Great Power made-up-as-he-went-along such vital words. Broach ing the problem of how the numbers of soldiers should be reduced, Mr. Gibson said, speaking of the Draft Convention over which the Commission has been dawdling for years (TIME, April...
...slogan: Dunlap Tires as British as the Flag!) journeys to wherever in Great Britain the Royal cars may be and thoroughly tests the rubber of each tire, scanning minutely for nails, flints, stone-bruises. Thus the undignified spectacle of Majesty waiting for a burst tire to be changed is seldom or never presented to English eyes...
...with Harvard this year, for it is the first time in rowing history that she has ever had a fighting chance to win. If the Ithicans refuse to let her enter the race Saturday, however, it is doubtful if her wish will be gratified, for mid-week races are seldom, if ever, scheduled, and the Engineers and Harvard are both previously engaged for the afternoon of Saturday...