Word: seldomly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...news, all I could think was, 'Who's going to buy a book because of Oprah?'" The answer came fairly quickly and astonishingly. "A million copies of that book sold," she says, again shaking her head. "And sales of my other books in paperback jumped about 25%." Morrison seldom watches television--"I think of it as one of those fake fireplaces, always moving and always looking just the same"--so she had no idea of Oprah Winfrey's clout. She does now, and she has another reason to be grateful to the queen of daytime TV. Winfrey bought the screen...
...many universities are, and has never considered it normal, or even likely, that a newly hired assistant professor would be promoted to tenure in due course. It does sometimes happen here, and I wish it could have happened for Masten, but as I observed to your reporter it is seldom easy to make an irrefutable case for promoting a young scholar at the outset of his or her career when it might have been possible to choose instead an older scholar of the highest distinction and bring that person to Harvard...
Well, let's try. His shows, to be sure, seldom rise above pleasant kitsch. Jekyll & Hyde is a sluggish retelling of the famous horror tale with hair-flinging histrionics by star Robert Cuccioli; The Scarlet Pimpernel is so cheesily staged that the hero's main feat of derring-do is to pose as a plague victim so all the villains will flee in fear. Yet Wildhorn's music has enough muscle and melody to lift the material and the spirits. He can get our blood flowing with a rousing fight song (Into the Fire in Pimpernel) or brighten a brittle...
...Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier, Jennifer Gelfand and Robert Wallace were both excellent. Gelfand's solid technique, effortless jumps and unmatched turns made her variation a joy to watch, reaching a high point when she completed four and five rotations after her fouette turns--a feat seldom seen on stage. Wallace was a refined and dignified Cavalier, well matched to Gelfand in technique and artistry...
...however, the Clinton Administration, seeking to counter Republican charges of lack of leadership on the drug issue, is looking for a way to move against the clubs. Federal sources tell TIME that the Administration may try to shut down some high-volume cannabis clubs under the seldom-invoked civil provisions of the federal Controlled Substances Act, which allows the Justice Department to ask a federal judge to halt a drug-distribution operation. The advantages of this approach are that the case is decided by a judge, not a jury, and the government need not prove the club's proprietors acted...