Word: raring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...production team, mining the network's vast trove of archival footage was both daunting and eye opening. In their eight months on the project, team members have viewed more than 1,000 hours of footage and done no small amount of globe trotting to chase down rare material, including whimsical portraits of world leaders captured in home movies. Where television footage did not exist, they consulted the 70-year-old CBS radio archive, the National Archives, the Library of Congress and even the archives of foreign governments, such as those of Germany and China. Finally, CBS caught up with some...
...century technology to sum up the 20th century," says Andrew Heyward, president of CBS News. Strolling about electronically among those famous names was thought provoking, says Rather: "Watching the program, participating in discussions and trying to think of candidates for my own private TIME 100, I've had a rare opportunity to reflect on what's important to me in a leader, what actions and qualities I consider truly influential, meaningful and historic...
...Make an appointment to view some rare books at Houghton Library. (Shakespeare's folios, the writings of William James, class of 1864, the letters of Robert Gould Shaw, class of 1860. When will you ever have access to these again...
Exploding soap, toilet seats, wallets and cigarettes will surely shock unsuspecting users. If the situation calls for something less bombastic, how about a rare steak that moos, a screaming skull, a beer can that shocks the drinker, a shrieking ax, a hammer that makes the sound of breaking glass or a laughing mirror...
...Massachusetts was located vaguely near the New Hampshire border. Glancing at the summons again, D. was suddenly inspired by the line reading "HARDSHIP: In a hardship situation, you may request to serve in a different court from the one to which you were assigned." D. had a thought--a rare event indeed...