The Inktomi Corporation crossed an all-too rare milestone last week: for the first time, it reported a net profit.
This week Taylor Swift, the poised 19-year-old country star, crossed an increasingly rare milestone on the pop charts as her latest release, "Fearless," outsold every other album in the United States for the eighth time.
After the deal closes in the third quarter, PeopleSoft will reach an extraordinarily rare milestone.
These rare milestones occurred within a short period of time: after the rise of mass media, which broadened audiences exponentially and gave people a stake in such spectacles, but before 24-hour saturation coverage left little to write about afterward.
Chris Dodd on Bill Press's radio show at 7 40AM ET. FOX NEWS VICTORY LAP - A spokesperson emails, "FNC reached a rare network milestone this month in marking 100 consecutive months as the number one news channel.
For many, just another dance, but for some, a rare and moving milestone.
It's also work that has been long unavailable except for rare screenings; now, however, Milestone Films is in the midst of its "Project Shirley," involving restorations and home-video releases of three of her four features, "The Connection," "Portrait of Jason," and "Ornette: Made in America".
If successful, the mission, aimed at exploring the Moon's surface and looking for natural resources such as rare metals, will be a milestone in China's long-term space exploration programme, which includes establishing a permanent space station in Earth orbit.
A milestone led to a rare smile for Coach Mike Jarvis.
The country's first democratic Presidential contest without Hamid Karzai who is prevented by term limits from seeking reëlection is supposed to represent a milestone, one of the rare peaceful transitions of power in the nation's history.
The country's first democratic Presidential contest without Hamid Karzai — who is prevented by term limits from seeking reëlection — is supposed to represent a milestone, one of the rare peaceful transitions of power in the nation's history.
