Whether people grow fat by joking, or whether there is something in fat itself which predisposes to a joke, I have never been quite able to determine; but certain it is that a lean joker is a rara avis in terris.

Billed as " Rara Avis ," the exhibit opened on Saturday, June 8, with Virginia R.

Sunico is one rara avis with prodigious memory who plays without notes.

Tena Durrani's ' Rara Avis ' (Rare Bird) was inspired by the rarity factor and interwoven with the confident and daring modern woman, the collection produced full-on bridal bonanza in traditional silhouettes of reds, maroons and oranges with a smattering of deep hues.

Notably, this is how this rara avis completes his thought on the agonizing beauty of the Whole: 'Man is himself, at the very least, is music, a brave theme that makes music also of its vast accompaniment, its matrix of storms and stars.

The fixed sight gradually became standard, bringing us to the present, where an adjustable-sighted police duty pistol is a rara avis , indeed.

As for being that rara avis , a woman director, things have also "improved a lot," notes Reichardt who also moonlights teaching film (she's been at Bard College for the past decade).

At the same time however, he does not lose contact with notions and theories with significant historical value, which is actually a rara avis in contemporary scientific works.