Word: raring
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Some would argue that the accuser's testimony should be given more weight because of the stigma and emotional trauma of pursuing any case of rape. However, some people have already used fabricated sexual assault charges to destroy reputations. This practice is undoubtedly quite rare, though it is likely to grow as the unjustified stigma of being a rape victim subsides...
...Wolcowitz may not be sufficiently sympathetic to students confronted by unwanted sexual advances, the policies and standards of the Ad Board pose a far larger hurdle for victims to overcome. Under the College's present disciplinary system, a finding that a date rape took place will always be a rare occurence...
Professor of Geology Stephen J. Gould was pulled into the debate when one of his theories was cited in a editorial supporting the building of the observatory--which some say will destroy the habitat of a rare subspecies of red squirrels...
...surgeons annually perform 330,000 coronary bypass operations. An additional 190,000 cardiac patients every year undergo angioplasty, which usually involves the use of a balloon-tipped catheter to widen their arterial passages. Both operations provide immediate, dramatic relief for the cardiac patient. But there are some risks: in rare cases, either technique can trigger a heart attack. Then, too, relief is only temporary. Five years or so after bypass surgery, on average, plaque has built up in the grafted veins. And arteries opened by angioplasty sometimes become partly blocked again within three to six months. Finally, the price tags...
EXCERPT: The most senior Soviet intelligence officer ever to work for the West offers a rare look inside...