Word: uncommon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Fred Friendly was the star we all steered by. Not only was he a superb editor, he was a writer of uncommon talent who taught us that, with rare exceptions, when television journalism is good, the pictures take second place to the words. Nothing illustrated his love of words more than his and Ed Murrow's I Can Hear It Now record albums. There were no pictures, but if you closed your eyes and listened, you could see the pictures--word pictures that came not from a camera but from Fred Friendly's typewriter...
...uncommon to see Kowal call out a play for Russell or one that runs Brandt around a double screen for a catch-and-shoot trey. The three share a common sense of purpose when they are on the floor, and they mesh well with one another...
...pack of Harvard first-years staggers through the Yard late one Friday night--not a wholly uncommon sight to Yard denizens. One calls out, his voice squeaky with urgency, "I gotta goooo..." His compatriots laugh and reply thickly, "Just head over to John Harvard!" The desperate first-year eventually gives into the peer pressure...
...Harvard is] an extremely exciting place to be...[and it] has a rich tradition of support for psychological science, which is pretty uncommon," he added...
...also hardly uncommon in an industry that had been white hot until recently. As a so-called sub-prime lender, Green Tree makes high-interest loans to people with damaged credit. With dozens of rivals streaming into the field, however, profits and stock prices have been heading south faster than a recreational vehicle. Just last week the Money Store, for which Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer delivers commercials, reportedly put itself up for sale after recording a dizzying slump in profits. Two other big lenders--Aames Financial and Cityscape Financial--are seeking buyers as well...