Wrestling, John Irving's other lifelong occupation, has rarely served him better than it does here.
You can lash back, which I have done too often and which has rarely served me well.
The touch of sweet sadness in Tift Merritt's voice has rarely served her better than it does on "Traveling Alone," due out on Yep Roc on Tuesday.
Like his creator, Abbott is also a wrestler and, Mallon writes, wrestling has rarely served Irving better than it does in this book: The sport's sudden, sweaty reversals — its flips, pins, escapes, and submissions — are all metaphorically made for a novel that evangelizes in favor of people's potential versatility.
They have gone to parent-teacher conferences, school sporting events and visited working-class and gentrifying communities that have rarely served as stomping grounds for American presidents and first ladies — speaking to students at a charter school in a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood, and worshiping in a black church, among other activities.
However, these devices have rarely served as the main source of visual information for the surgeon, as their resolution is limited.
The obvious fallout with Latino voters aside, anti-immigration agendas have rarely served American politicians well; just ask former California Governor Pete Wilson, former Rep. JD Hayworth, and former Rep. Tom Tancredo.
Some cases are clear – notably the case of human remains, which were acquired (or stolen) by Western museums as recently as the mid-20th Century and have very rarely served any scientific or historical purpose.
Since 1823, it had rarely been used, though during the Civil War, it had served as a recruiting station.
The music-industry structures that have fallen apart rarely served musicians, so it's mostly major labels and concert promoters with franchises built in the twentieth century that have a stake in Spotify working out or not.
