Word: seldomly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...brain undergoes a series of extraordinary changes. Starting shortly after birth, a baby's brain, in a display of biological exuberance, produces trillions more connections between neurons than it can possibly use. Then, through a process that resembles Darwinian competition, the brain eliminates connections, or synapses, that are seldom or never used. The excess synapses in a child's brain undergo a draconian pruning, starting around the age of 10 or earlier, leaving behind a mind whose patterns of emotion and thought are, for better or worse, unique...
...Seldom has anyone fallen from hero to humbug faster than Dr. Bruno Bettelheim. After he killed himself in 1990 at age 86, obituaries hailed Bettelheim as a giant of psychotherapy, a survivor of two Nazi prison camps (Dachau and Buchenwald) who pioneered in the treatment of emotionally troubled children. In 18 books (including Love Is Not Enough and The Uses of Enchantment) and dozens of articles and TV appearances, he was an all-knowing guru to millions on topics ranging from the meaning of fairy tales to parent-child relations...
...high school student, I witness examples of female subordination daily. Stereotypes are so ingrained in our culture that they are seldom questioned by my peers. If Mattel's president Jill Barad is truly concerned about American girls' future, she should approach female computer illiteracy in a manner that does not enforce the stereotypes we are supposedly trying to banish. Mattel's Barbie Fashion Designer program will only distract girls from the healthy activities that steer them away from oppression. CLAIRE CREVEY, age 17 Indianapolis, Indiana...
...ground floor, or "garden level" of the Barker Center, is lined with offices and lockers for graduate students, replacing the seldom-used recreational room of the Union...
...Schwenck Gilbert's wit is very much couched in wordplay and innuendo, and Ingman creates--in effeminate prancing, mock-stealthy stalking and slapstick combat--a physical counterpart to the clever turns of phrases. While such physical comedy can compromise itself with too much zeal or too little precision, this seldom happens. The actors seem to understand the appropriate bounds for their movements and the script is never upstaged...