It has been used only twice, in primaries.
It has been used only once, during the Persian Gulf war in 1991.
Since 1976, a firing squad has been used only three times, all in Utah.
While detaining company executives against their will is not new in France, the tactic has been used only sparingly.
A lottery has been used only rarely in the past to distribute precious landing slots at overcrowded airports.
In modern medicine, bufotenine has been used only experimentally, to simulate psychotic disease states for the purpose of psychiatric study.
Previously, Tamiflu has been used only sparingly, most commonly to reduce symptoms of normal seasonal influenza, which it does in a significant but unremarkable way.
Since 2001, thimerosal has been used only in the flu vaccine and there is a thimerosal-free alternative but the incidence of autism continues to rise.
But privileging — instead of favoring — could still be deflected; it has been used only 34 times since 1980 in these pages (O.K., once by me).
Built at a cost of $30 million for swimming and diving contests in the 1998 Goodwill Games, it has been used only sparsely.
In fact, Canada's policy has been used only to restrict sexually violent pornography, regardless of whether it is gay or straight.
