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While it is not uncommon for Harvard faculty to beat the well-trodden path between Cambridge and Washington, D.C., few have played such key roles in both as Dunlop...
...contrast, the Crimson attack involves less suspense and more action. It moves the bull to the "hole," the area in front, of the goal, where a "hole-setter" finds the open man for a fast shot It's not uncommon to see Fasi trying to work the hold guarded by Todhunter, nine inches and 50 pounds more massive; even when the bigger Dave Chan hole-sets, the Crimson relies on quickness and anticipation to which a shot post Brown goalie Lars Enstrom...
...owner stays the blow of an impatient courtier, allows the stableboy an additional moment of art appreciation and then adds, "When you've done, go out quietly." That, implies the author, is the history of the commoner before his betters. But in Elian's retelling, everyman proves uncommon, and a mockingbird sits on his shoulder. When these Millses leave, they go noisily, and the echo they leave behind is the rocking sound of the last laugh. - By R.Z. Sheppard
...issue that threatens to split African Catholicism is Milingo's unconventional ministry, in particular his faith healing and exorcism. While in Rome nine years ago, Milingo experienced a trancelike vision after meeting Italian priests in the Catholic charismatic movement, which, with Vatican acceptance, promotes such uncommon practices as speaking in tongues and faith healing...
...children. But in recent years doctors in Puerto Rico have reported more than 700 cases, mostly in children under two. Some slightly older patients display a fuller range of adult sexual traits, including menstruation at age seven. "When you see four cases a day of an uncommon condition, then you know something is very wrong," declares Pediatric Endocrinologist Carmen A. Sáenz de Rodriguez of San Juan. Adds Dr. Adolfo Pérez Comas of Mayagiüez: "We are seeing children with deep emotional problems. Their whole development, not only in the physical sense, has been accelerated...