Word: seldom
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Seldom seen in pre-war Spain, but even more conspicuous last week, were the thin, elegant features of Ramón Serrano Suñer, fastest-climbing of Europe's modern politicos. Now 37, a lawyer educated in Italy, Señor Serrano's pre-war claims to distinction were his service as a Catholic deputy in the Cortes, his marriage to handsome Señorita Polo, sister of Señora Franco. His war record included an escape from Madrid's Model Prison, a trip to Germany to be feted by Nazis...
Most noteworthy Italian exponent of the Fascist dictum that woman's place is in the home is none other than Donna Rachele Mussolini. For more than two decades this 49-year-old onetime waitress has been a strict homebody, has been seldom seen and never heard in public, has mean while presented her lord, Benito Mussolini, with no less than four strapping bambinos...
...Western Washington College of Education at Bellingham, which he made one of the most esteemed teachers' colleges in the U. S. To kick Fisher out of his job became Sefrit's ambition. With other enemies of Fisher he formed a committee, which filed charges that the college seldom displayed the U. S. flag on the campus, had invited subversive speakers to talk to its students. (Among President Fisher's speakers were Burton Holmes, U. S. Senator-Robert La Follette, Lincoln Steffens, Elmer Rice, George E. Sokolsky...
Called "Teacher" by her onetime pupils, Sculptor Putnam aimed to enlighten the layman and at the same time to provide a technical guide for students, especially girls, who seldom get a chance at apprenticeship in a sculptor's studio. By a happy omission of professional cant and a handsome use of good drawings and photographs, she puts across pleasantly much that a manual would desiccate...
Masterpieces are seldom stolen for love...