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Ageing purists sneer at young people when they attempt to break into the rarified ranks of Bad Movie aficionados. From The Room to Geostorm: how to make a movie so bad that people will love it 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z
It may sound like a strange statement now that she's in a rarified world where most of her Oscar-nominated peers are "offer only" hires. 2010-02-17T09:48:00Z
The fact that a multilingual son of a Xhosa mother and a Swiss-German father slipped through Hollywood's system to sit in one of its most rarified chairs in the first place is a miracle. Who comes after Trevor Noah to host "The Daily Show"? The answer may be among these stars 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z
"I tell you I came here one day with some friends of mine and walked around looking at these plaques," Rogers, 74, said during his speech, "and this is truly rarified air in here." Rogers, Bare, Clement in Country Hall of Fame 2013-04-10T17:01:09Z
Hirst has redefined art and made it accessible, defying the rarified stance of museums and galleries. Damien Hirst at Tate Modern 2012-07-09T14:15:00Z
Much of the fashion glitteratti will stay on through the City of Light's rarified haute couture displays, which start early next month and feature made-to-measure gowns with price-tags resembling that of a nice new car. In Paris, the classic suit gets a poetic makeover 2010-06-27T00:10:00Z
The character of France lives in a rarified world and uses her privilege for manipulation and calculation. "France" director Bruno Dumont on Léa Seydoux, digital media and how the "fake can generate truth" 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z
He went from construction work to art school, all fine as back story goes in the art world where you don’t have to come from a rarified past to make it. Damien Hirst at Tate Modern 2012-07-09T14:15:00Z
So, what does this mean for the handful of other women who breathe the same rarified air as Jolie? What “Maleficent” tells us about the future of female movie protagonists 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z
Its influence spread and eventually transformed the culture as it flowed into mostly white, middle-class suburban malls and onto the rarified fashion runways of Paris. Hip-hop was poised to conquer fashion. Why did it stop short? 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z
They grew up — let’s be real — in rarified air. How to raise successful children — advice from parents lucky enough to know 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z
Asked if, given her rarified world as an actress, she’s experienced true sexism, Watson is quick to set the record straight. Emma Watson Says Being Called a 'Feminazi' Won't Stop Her 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z
Pushing the glass door open, I hear the soft whoosh of heavy door on plush carpet and enter the rarified air of one of London’s oldest chocolate shops. The London guide for chocolate lovers 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z
Perhaps it’s the air conditioning, but to approach her seat, where she vibrates, blow-dried and fabulous in the tightest dress and ocelot-spotted heels, feels like arriving in the rarified air of a mountaintop. Mamma Mia's Christine Baranski on schmoozing with Cher and meeting Trump 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z
Many of the others in this rarified air are rappers, who often collect impressive chart numbers due to frequent collaborations and featured spots. For the First Time Ever, Two Women Have Three Top Ten Hits Each 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z
They bring a rarified chaos to their live performances that should not be missed. SXSW 2013: Recapping the Music Festival 2013-03-18T14:58:24Z
The compositions on “Speak No Evil” occupy a rarified plane. The World’s Greatest Living Jazz Composer Celebrates His Eighty-fifth Birthday 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z
A preview revealed how her staff pampered guests with fine linens and china, and what lighthearted motifs course through her rarified French antiques. Antiques: A London Apartment Done Up in French 2010-04-22T22:32:00Z
It needs to both widen its gaze and hone its judgement, and start looking beyond the rarified world of contemporary conceptual-driven curating. Has the Deutsche B?rse turned into an art prize? | Sean O'Hagan 2010-03-18T13:46:00Z
"For this film to still be in the rarified air of the top-three openings of all time is phenomenal, given the unfortunate circumstances surrounding the release of this film." 'Dark Knight Rises' reportedly earns $160 million 2012-07-23T01:01:05Z
How hard would it be to generate a more rarified entity — a ghost? Oh, no, not the deserted mansion! 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z
If Harry's experience is any gauge, rarified though its particulars are, "Dear Edward" gets grief, and especially children's grief, right. "Dear Edward" gets children’s grief right – just ask Prince Harry 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z
Even there in the rarified enlightened air of the Village Voice, we harassed the women, or at least I did anyway. The O’Reilly within: What I know about men and why sexual harassment persists 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z
In the past, the Huntington Library was known for its rarified atmosphere and rare books. What do a Gutenberg Bible, Charles Bukowski and Paul Theroux have in common? 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z
Metallica was at the top of a very high mountain in 2000, having sustained and grown their popularity through the 1990s into the rarified mainstream air of Grammy Awards and blockbuster movie soundtracks. 25 great rockumentaries every music (and movie) fan should see 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z
The film is composed with the utmost precision, and viewers will marvel at the rarified air, however stifling. Kristen Stewart stuns in the moody "Spencer," a gorgeous yet superficial biopic of Princess Di 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z
The schadenfreude in seeing these entitled rich men get duped is compounded, in “Sour Grapes,” by the obvious pleasure the filmmakers take in exposing the broader illusions in the rarified world of wine. A True-Crime Documentary About the Con That Shook the World of Wine 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z
CANNES, France — Saris swished, heaved and swirled Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival, as the rarified bastion of auteur cinema paid homage to the world's most popular movie industry: Bollywood. Cannes pays riotous homage to Bollywood 2011-05-15T17:16:04Z
A celebratory scene features Lucien being baptized and floating along in a rarified air of gold confetti like a rock star is the film's sole over-the-top moment. "Lost Illusions" is a sumptuous period piece on the allure of fame, followers and fake news 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z
As such, they offered their followers a very precise and rarified solace. The Misfit Awesomeness of Neil Peart and Rush 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z
This put an unusual public spotlight on Ballet Theater as it weighed the kind of personnel decision that, in the rarified world of ballet, is rarely discussed openly. Misty Copeland Is Promoted to Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theater 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z
But as an interpreter of the rarified repertory of German lieder, or art song, the U.K. native is not quite a finished artist. From promising U.K. singer Matthew Rose, inconsistent recital at Kennedy Center
But in the rarified world of luxury real estate, where homes fetch $10 million or more, it's expected that properties may languish on the market for two or three years. The World's Richest Man's New Mansion 2010-07-29T23:16:00Z
These delightful pieces end up transcending their constraints and become tales of pure information, occupying the rarified upper air where we also find Borges’s “Pierre Menard” and Nabokov’s “Pale Fire.” The Beautiful Mind-Bending of Stanislaw Lem 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z
While the Copper River run is rarified and rich, Bristol Bay is the biggest sockeye run in the world. Saving salmon: Author Paul Greenberg speaks on our ‘American Catch' 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z
But even for a director with a solid back catalogue of the rarified, the unconventional, and the disconnected, Post Tenebras Lux represents a major hump in the road. Carlos Reygadas: in defence of Post Tenebras Lux 2013-03-14T18:00:09Z
To some viewers, in fact, the series suffers in comparison because it exudes less joy and holds a lower level of rarified snark in its corseting. "Belgravia": Where "Downton Abbey" meets Dickens, except with a more dashing, less hungry orphan 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z
Dig Deeper concerts also did something more rarified—they acknowledged artists while they were still alive. How Two Guys Saved Soul Singers from Obscurity 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z
But even with that rarified history, Mr. Plummer said he was still studying performers and directors.  The Carpetbagger: Christopher Plummer Gets Oscar Buzz 2011-12-21T22:58:47Z
“Kings of the Dance,” which opened at the London Coliseum on Wednesday night, is ballet’s attempt at a “Three Tenors”-like popularization of a usually rarified art form. Dance Review: Big Names, Good Looks and Nude Body Stockings 2014-03-20T12:08:35Z
And those funding opportunities could grow as the tech's cross-market usefulness grows from the rarified tech needs of commercial spaceflight payloads to the broader needs of countries of all sizes. New study brings us closer to solar space farms that beam renewable energy back to Earth 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z
New Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris and his band of saviors are in rarified air in their early days as Washington NFL owners. LOVERRO: The early returns on Howell, Bieniemy bode well for Commanders’ future 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z
But 50 wins in Cup stamps rockets him into rarified air. Denny Hamlin courts controversy, counts victories at Pocono after milestone 50th win in Cup 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z
“If they stream podcasts up in your rarified air, check it out,” Armstrong told Dowd. Lance Armstrong cheated. Now he wants to discuss fairness of trans athletes in sports 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z
Mike Breen is currently the dean of television announcers for the NBA Finals — and he is about to enter rarified air space. Bang! ABC/ESPN’s Breen enters rarified air in Game 5 of NBA Finals with 100th broadcast 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z
Mike Breen is currently the dean of television announcers for the NBA Finals - and he is about to enter rarified air space. Bang! ABC/ESPN’s Breen enters rarified air in Game 5 of NBA Finals with 100th broadcast 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z
You know, a rarified, polite media where people speak in complete sentences without any shouting. Aggression made easy: The wars we don’t (care to) see 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z
Exhalations seem to suspend in the rarified air, and on sunny days, the atmosphere shimmers with a million microscopic flashes, a hoarfrost with nothing to cling to but exposed skin and hair. Astrophysics and stale beer: What life is like working at the South Pole 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z
Indeed some might say, with justification, that he is already at that rarified level. 'Saka confirms status as jewel in England's crown' 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z
Newsom noted that while the state’s tax rates on the very wealthy are among the nation’s highest, “not everybody lives in that rarified world.” Fact check: Newsom says 95% of Texans pay more taxes than Californians 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z
USC’s ascension to the rarified air of repeat national champion felt as inevitable as Georgia’s Monday night. Analysis: Georgia's world-beaters aren't done. Why the Bulldogs are primed to three-peat 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z
Even in her buttoned-up state, there’s a sensuous feel to her clothes, which are edged with fur, embellished with elaborate embroidery and wrapped in lace layers, which reflect her rarified status and gradually, her unburdening. As 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' heats up, you almost want more of those stylish clothes 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z
I think being like a deep, deep fan like Nick, like he lives in a very, I wouldn’t say rarified, but he lives in a very special place. Baz Luhrmann dishes on 'Elvis' and how much the King owes to Black music 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z
Mays faced racist invective throughout his career as he racked up numbers that put him in the same rarified realm as Aaron, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and other legends. Review: Willie Mays swings away on HBO Max, and Cartoon Saloon's fifth feature lands on Netflix 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z
It’s rarified air, a milestone — for a few anxious days over the summer anyway — it appeared they wouldn’t reach with Letang and Malkin potentially poised to hit free agency. Edge of 17: Pens’ core of Crosby, Letang, Malkin still going 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z
Time will tell if Benoit Blanc’s name does end up joining those rarified heights of Holmes and Poirot, but two movies in, he’s off to an excellent start. Glass Onion solidifies Knives Out as the next great mystery franchise 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z
There were hints of this turn from the start, when Moreno told my colleague Bill Shaikin that he felt no responsibility to help Latinos enter his rarified world. Column: Good riddance to Angels owner Arte Moreno and his sombrero of shame 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z
Dixon’s 52nd career win came more than 21 years after his first triumph in Pennsylvania — the only one of his career that did not come with Chip Ganassi Racing — and puts him some rarified air. Dixon ties Andretti with 52nd career IndyCar win 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z
The triumvirate of Curry, Thompson and Green is in rarified air in NBA lore as the core of a team that has made it to six NBA Finals in an eight-year span. Star trio leads Warriors to 6th NBA Finals spot in 8 years 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z
Entrepreneur Mike Gray and his wife, Lori, are chasing rarified air in Newport Beach, listing their waterfront compound for $47.5 million. Fashion executive lists Newport Beach stunner for $47.5 million 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z
And what happened outside of that rarified air was … not that. EXPLAINER: The differences between Olympic & NCAA gymnastics 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z
The actor went on to note that Cuomo spent much of his three terms as governor "in that rarified air" before he "got caught." Alec Baldwin says Andrew Cuomo's resignation is 'sad': 'When these things happen it’s a shame for our society' 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z
The experience allowed Roblox’s core demographic — roughly ages 9 to 15 — a digital entrée to the rarified world of luxury goods that few can dream of in the real world. Gucci digitally outfits Gen-Z in metaverse foray with Roblox 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z
The Hall of Famer is trying to reach the rarified air of celebrity owners who found crossover success in the sport. Hall of Famer Jordan set for biggest leap yet into NASCAR 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z
The property also enjoys the rarified air of being one of only a handful of homes offered at more than $100 million in Southern California. Hot Property: Sylvester Stallone lists Beverly Park trophy estate for $110 million 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z
It also enjoys the rarified air of being one of only a handful of homes offered at more than $100 million in Southern California. Sylvester Stallone lists Beverly Park mansion for $110 million 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z
The Trump childrens' rarified excursions were estimated to cost tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer money. Trump's children and former staffers to get Secret Service protection at taxpayers' expense: report 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z
Past indiscretions and very private jokes between old friends, in their rarified snobby world, are told as if the original acts and then the telling of them are both entirely normal and to be expected. ‘I’m terrified of causing trouble’: Sasha Swire, a diarist creating a Tory storm 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z
Perhaps the more apt reference is a window into a rarified reality. Why is 'cottagecore' booming? Because being outside is now the ultimate taboo | Amelia Hall 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z
Every golfer respects his ability, but, in the rarified level that we are discussing, technique is 10 percent of the game, at most. Will Greg Norman reach superstardom? - Golf Digest 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z
Who is on the Senate floor for the trial, and where, will be an extraordinary sight in a chamber that strictly guards who breathes its rarified air. ‘Fail Not:’ What to watch ahead of Trump’s Senate trial 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z
In that rarified company, it’s hard to begrudge Eason’s decision, particularly with the uncertainty surrounding the Husky offense. With Jacob Eason heading to NFL, Jimmy Lake already faced with tough decision of finding UW’s next quarterback 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z
She finished sixth in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff, which is pretty rarified air. Racing! Country House remains Kentucky Derby winner 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z
Facebook and Amazon occupy a rarified space in American life with millions of people using their services every day. Warren turns corporate criticism into bona fides in ’20 race 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z
Facebook and Amazon occupy a rarified space in American life with millions of people using their services every day. Warren turns corporate criticism into bona fides in ’20 race 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z
At the time it seemed a given that Pep teams would continue to thrive in that most rarified air. Europe may define Guardiola’s City era but home rule is no mean feat | Barney Ronay 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z
If his answer ever proved to be prophetic, he'd put himself in rarified air. PGA Championship 2019: How many majors can Brooks Koepka win? A LOT, according to Brooks Koepka - Golf Digest 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z
He's only stolen 12 for his entire career, so the swiped bag was equally as incredible of a feat for Panda as the one that put him in rarified air. Pablo Sandoval did something that hadn't been done in 114 years (!) on Monday - Golf Digest 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z
And he was as surprised as anyone to get the call he was joining a rarified club. Column: A puzzling Hall of Fame selection for Baines 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z
For now, Romney, 71, is acclimating to the rarified Senate, where he’s shuttling between his temporary basement office and meetings, little-noticed in the brimming corridors of power where seniority and tradition rule. Not president, not yet a senator: Romney is starting over 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z
Such communication is so rarified that before this study only ravens, chimpanzees and humans were known to use “referential gesturing”. Are we wrong to assume fish can't feel pain? 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z
These superlungs may help explain why dinosaurs were able to dominate and spread, despite the rarified air of the Mesozoic, Brocklehurst says. ‘Superlungs’ gave dinosaurs the energy to run and fight 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z
If this is rarified territory for Kane, perhaps the best part is the way it feels like a team achievement, an extension of the collective will. From Wayne to Kane: England excel after ditching Mr Big Stuff mentality | Barney Ronay 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z
Justify is now being talked about in the same rarified air as American Pharoah. It's hard to Justify any other horse winning the Preakness 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z
You combine it with all the intangibles, and you see why he's in rarified air for what he's accomplished. Albert Pujols gets hit 2,999 as Angels bat around Orioles 12-3 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z
Idealists generally operate on the economic fringe, well outside the rarified niche of legendary financial success. What You Don’t Know About How Facebook Uses Your Data 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z
The idea of christening a dazzling new arena with a championship banner raised to the rafters would be appropriate — hanging in the rarified air as college basketball’s top team. Villanova stamps itself as nation’s elite in Final Four run 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z
The idea of christening a dazzling new arena with a championship banner raised to the rafters would be appropriate - hanging in the rarified air as college basketball’s top team. Villanova stamps itself as nation’s elite in Final Four run 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z
Thus the student look made an appearance in the rarified environs of the Musée Rodin. The social fabric of 1968 … reimagined for the age of the pussyhat 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z
Harvick already is giddy, smelling the rarified air of becoming only the fourth driver to win 100 races across the grid of Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck series. Kevin Harvick is proving that old-school rules in NASCAR 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z
“It is such a rarified skill only a very few people were any good at it,” he says. 'I was nothing more than a common thief': master of Fleet Street's dark arts reveals trade secrets 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z
Returns on investments power the rarified existence — jets, philanthropy, acclaim — inhabited by the elite circle of private equity moguls. Perspective | Meet the Carlyle Group’s $174 billion man 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z
Next in line is the Saints’ Drew Brees, who is a free agent this offseason but at age 39 will not reach such rarified air — at least not long term. Alex Smith trade to have costly domino effect on Russell Wilson’s next Seahawks deal 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z
In this rarified and confrontational atmosphere, with the unpredictable “silent majority” so important, opinion polls cannot be trusted. Catalonia's regional election unlikely to heal bitter divisions 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z
Ours is a republic that has long since taken on the trappings of a monarchy, with the president inhabiting rarified space as our king-emperor.  Slouching toward Mar-a-Lago 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z
She and her husband, Jared Kushner, were identified with the progressive social views of the rarified social circles in which they traveled. Opinion | Ivanka Trump is part of the problem 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z
Spieth has now won three of golf's four majors before turning 24 years old and that puts him in Jack Nicklaus/Tiger Woods rarified air. Letters: Dodgers fans weigh options as trade deadline approaches 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z
And I mean all of the American people, not just the rarified 1%. Ex-President of Brazil Sentenced to Nearly 10 Years in Prison for Corruption 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z
Instead, Uber has entered that rarified portion of the market, alongside companies like Ryanair and Sports Direct, where unpleasantness is now an assumed part of the brand. How low does Uber have to go before we stop using it? 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z
The Barton Hall show was inducted into the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry, a rarified collection that showcases America’s recorded heritage. Legend of 1977 Grateful Dead show at Cornell lives on 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z
With it, the company hopes to enter a rarified club: Those start-ups valued at more than $1 billion that have successfully gone public. Donald Trump, Mosul, Kim Jong-nam: Your Morning Briefing 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z
Three seasons later he is taking in the rarified air of the Super Bowl in a familiar setting. Falcons' Matthews honors family name in hometown Super Bowl 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z
The rarified air when the hardwood is down is just ho-hum when the rink is erected. Wizards, Capitals making midwinter magic 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z
Now you are about to join another rarified club, one of former First Children—a position you didn’t seek and one with no guidelines. The Bush Sisters Write a New Letter to the Obama Daughters 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z
“We usually drink about two or three cases,” he says, and it’s customary to bring a magnum of something awesome, and then at least one 750 milliliter of something less rarified. L.A. sommeliers share their favorite Champagne and sparkling wines for New Year's Eve 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z
The rarified world of his cabinet choices is certainly a universe away from the struggling working class folks he bamboozled with promises of bringing back American “greatness.” Donald Trump’s bait and switch: The populist candidate’s cabinet will profit profusely 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z
And be assured that the Huskies are aware of it all – the possible Pac-12 title game, which would likely open the door to the rarified environs of the national playoffs. For Huskies and Cougars, it’s finally here: an Apple Cup for the ages 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z
It’s less clear what the law will do for Oregonians outside that rarified area. Editorials from around Oregon 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z
Bruce Springsteen exists at that rarified level of fame where you get to move like a Dalek, without ever actually having to touch anything. Bruce Springsteen: ‘You can change a life in three minutes with the right song’ 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z
What is left out is any analysis of what seems to be his stupidity in not taking full advantage of this rarified opportunity that only a relative few ever have. The Electric, Infuriating Nick Kyrgios 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z
It's rarified territory for Sullivan, who knows the magnitude of the job ahead. Newcomers _ 6 Euros, 2 Yanks _ could be key to Ryder Cup 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z
Latrobe is not a fancy town, despite our most famous resident being a millionaire who earned his status and class in a rarified sport. Arnold Palmer, the Humble King of Latrobe 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z
There is a recent undercurrent of change in this rarified community, however. The Greening of Superyachts 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z
She is also closing in on a rarified status of Olympians. For Kerri Walsh Jennings, the Olympics — and childbirth — are a labor of love 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z
Scattered, fast-paced and overwritten, this memoir of his Silicon Valley adventures doesn’t approach that rarified literary quality — but it does entertain. An insider lifting the veil on Silicon Valley’s self-importance and greed 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z
Atieva's launch schedule would add its new sedan to a bumper crop of electric luxury vehicles vying for customers in a rarified market Tesla now has largely to itself. Electric car startups fueled by Chinese money aim to catch Tesla 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z
This rarified world rivaled Wall Street because, as de Pury reminds us, “money became the measure of art.” International star of an art world overstuffed with the super-rich 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z
It is a refreshing premise for the biannual bonanza, which too often indulges the rarified realms of architectural theory and form-making. Alejandro Aravena's Venice ​architecture ​​biennale: 'We can’t forget beauty in our battles' 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z
Within digital forensics, mobile is a more rarified speciality but one that is increasingly in demand as consumers move to smartphones. The FBI is cautiously testing a way to get into the San Bernardino iPhone 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z
A message you would roll your eyes at if a friend posted it enters the rarified air of all-time most popular tweets. These Are the 10 Most Popular Tweets of All Time 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z
In 2009, the Brooklyn band Grizzly Bear conscripted McDonald to sing a version of one of their singles, “While You Wait for the Others,” at the peak of their own rarified cool. 25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z
Right now, some institutions already teach students well without grades — they are rarified, expensive places, such as St. Ann’s, a private school in Brooklyn; Hampshire College; and Yale School of Medicine. There’s nothing wrong with grade inflation 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z
Scenes like the one at Deer Valley would be repeated in rarified enclaves of the party elite around the country again and again in the coming months. How the Republican elite turned a blind eye to the rise and rise of Donald Trump 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z
It costs at least a million just to wake up in the rarified world he occupies. The fight over Hillary Clinton’s speaking fees is ridiculous 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z
This could – and should – restart the questions about Van Gaal’s ability to lift United back into the rarified air their rich tradition demands. Southampton’s Charlie Austin strikes late to add to Manchester United pain 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z
If there is anyone who could’ve predicted Curry’s unthinkable rise, however, it may be the very person breathing the same rarified air. The NBA’s Most Unlikely Rivalry: LeBron and Curry 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z
But in the gentlemanly way that characterizes the rarified vintage automobile world, he is willing to concede he might be wrong. A classic car mystery: Who owns the real 'million-franc' Delahaye? 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z
So maybe Simons really is leaving Dior to look for the next creative challenge, away from the churning cycle of blockbuster, mega-brand fashion shows and the rarified world of haute couture. Is Raf Simons ditching couture — and Dior — for streetwear? 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z
Proactive engagement with the mass media is key: the most transparent of webcasts is meaningless if only a rarified group of already-interested individuals knows that the meeting is happening. After Asilomar 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z
CLE: — the elevation at the Getty of the L.A. street vernacular into a really rarified space, like a museum, or in a music video that gets distributed all over the country or the world. Pop duo YACHT talks about yellow film location signs and visual language in 'L.A. Plays Itself' 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z
Linchpin of many a cocktail, whiskey is also a starkly acquired taste, and its variants earn regional fervor and rarified status for the depth of their attention to detail. Must You Know Scotch Lingo to Enjoy a Single Malt? 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z
Both were on top of their games, which is rarified air in baseball. Zack Greinke leads Dodgers to 2-1 win over Giants, Madison Bumgarner 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z
He decided to stay in the rarified "air world," hosting the world championships since 2008. Air guitarists jam on stage in northern Finland for title of 20th world champion 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z
For decades such a change was a largely rarified option, the province of rich white guys and big corporations. Solar: Not just for white people any more 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z
The study shatters a central orthodoxy in the rarified realm of energy and environmental policy. Is Uncle Sam Baking The Books On Energy Efficiency? 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z
“He can play all three outfield spots and from an offensive standpoint he’s in rarified air in terms of how hard he hits the ball.” Grichuk could cut into Jay’s playing time for Cardinals 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z
"He can play all three outfield spots and from an offensive standpoint he's in rarified air in terms of how hard he hits the ball." Grichuk could cut into Jay's playing time for Cardinals 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z
But when you win three Cy Young awards in four years, you’ve set the bar at rarified levels. Clayton Kershaw earns career win No. 100 in Dodgers' 6-4 victory 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z
Herb Magee is about to join some rarified air among coaching milestones, achieved without the national spotlight. Philly U Hall of Fame coach Magee set to join 1,000-win club 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z
Only in the rarified air of Silicon Valley, where revolutionary trends, rebellious billionaires and the fastest-growing companies are created, would a movement emerge apparently tone deaf to the audience it most needs to serve. Moving Mobile Health Past The Hype 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z
Her day-to-day clothes are not rarified or one-of-a-kind even though they may be expensive and somewhat altered to her specifications. Michelle Obama wore a suit to the State of the Union: Why that’s unusual 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z
Often, films about famous artists have portrayed them as rarified geniuses. How do you play a master painter? First: Learn to paint 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z
Despite his connection to a rarified world, Halston was a populist. From Halston to the Kardashians: the impossible-to-define meaning and magic of glamour 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z
However, at the rarified heights of the category, scarcity and quality are the key determinants. The World's Most Expensive Champagnes 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z
Although Williams only played on the practice squad for two seasons before retiring, he walked away with rarified knowledge. The Pro Football Combine Workout with Hines Ward 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z
Robert MacLean exited the rarified air of the Supreme Court and walked down its 36 marble steps with the confidence of a cop who knows he’s right. Fired air marshal stands his ground for whistleblowers
The daughter of two opera singers, she was brought up in London in a rarified world of classical music and the certain knowledge that she wanted to perform. Rosamund Pike: the slow burner poised to move into the big time 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z
The collections being previewed during Milan fashion week, in its fourth day Saturday, are easy to wear and roomy, not binding, meant for every day and not rarified occasions. Designers go for the flow at Milan Fashion Week 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z
Warby Parker, which is mainly an online sales room for glasses, is putting up some competition, but the atmosphere still remains pretty rarified. Meet the Four-Eyed, Eight-Tentacled Monopoly That is Making Your Glasses So Expensive 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z
Afterward, on the court, legends Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova — each the owner of 18 Grand Slam titles themselves, fourth all-time among women — descended upon Williams to welcome her into their rarified midst. Serena Williams wins sixth U.S. Open
It was a rarified pleasure to combine breakfast and lunch. Brunch is a waste of time, money and drunken pleasure that you don't have 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z
I would like to play myself as a sealed-off elitist, occupying a rarified atmosphere where I never need to ask for a fork. Jerry Seinfeld talks about comedy, life and show business before his stand-up gigs at the Kennedy Center
Artisanal cheeses, made by hand rather than machine, tend to fetch rarified prices, whether you buy them at a fromagerie or directly from a farmer at an outdoor market. How To Find Luxury For Less When Traveling In France 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z
News that a rarified group of scientists has claimed the lion's share of publications has set off a social-media discussion about the fairness of the system. Spotlight falls on top 1% in science : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z
“Rather than discussing topics in the rarified air of investment banking, an industry foreign to many of our students, we wanted to be as universal as possible.” The Role Of Emotions In Effective Negotiations 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z
Can it enter the rarified realm of blockbuster comedy sequels? '22 Jump Street' And The Top 14 Blockbuster Comedy Sequels 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z
Part of Weibo’s staying power is due to its role as a source of on-the-ground information in China’s rarified media environment. Tencent WeChat and SINA Weibo: The Frenemies of the Chinese Mobile Space 2014-04-16T11:08:00Z
This will likely directly benefit Weibo, as the most popular mobile social platform providing reliable and real-time information in China’s rarified news environment. Weibo Story Fails to Excite, Despite a Powerful Social Media Platform 2014-04-06T23:58:00Z
That didn’t happen, because outside of the rarified confines of right-wing think tanks and the occasional Rick Santorum speech, they don’t talk about white people that way. Paul Ryan’s worthless attempt to save face: Why he’s still an overrated fraud 2014-03-13T16:10:00Z
This is rarified air for the Shockers, who haven't been ranked this high since 1981 when they were also No. 2. No. 2 Wichita State Remains Undefeated 2014-03-07T22:09:17Z
But Shuler wanted to transcend that philosophy and do something he had never done, so he hit rarified air on the stage of the District of Columbia State Athletic Association championship game against the Frogs. Johnnie Shuler, Theodore Roosevelt stick to their style in DCSAA title game win over Maret 2014-03-07T04:17:13Z
But the truth is that most enterprises don’t need this type of rarified figure – and those that do, will likely find that such an individual needs his or her own manager. Meet the CDO 2013-12-20T19:00:00Z
Maryland wanted to leave the ACC for the rarified air of the Big Ten, the Congressional Country Club of conferences – exclusive and pricy. Despite move to greener pastures, Maryland’s lean years likely to continue 2013-08-13T16:44:00Z
And this tendency exists beyond the rarified world of SEC filings. Cheap Gas, Low-Cost Solar Accelerate Disintermediation Of Electric Utilities 2013-07-30T16:14:00Z
When it trickles down my throat, I am instantly inducted into a rarified fraction-of-a-percent of folks who will experience it. Why You Want The World's Most Mysterious Scotch 2013-06-30T17:14:00Z
High tech is a rarified, occasionally wacky world that values innovation above all. Fail on Your Own Terms 2013-06-28T15:14:00Z
But Walker just had the aura of a rising talent, one who belonged completely in the rarified air of the Pacific Coast League. Taijuan Walker shines in first Tiple-A start 2013-06-26T05:06:39Z
In the spring of his greatness, a decade and more ago, Woods shared the rarified air with no one. Tiger Woods Is Lost In The Crowd At Merion 2013-06-15T04:00:00Z
It will be tougher and tougher for today’s bands to climb the ladder to the rarified air of superstardom. Coachella: Three Delightful Days In The Desert Versus Two Hours Of Madonna 2013-04-21T13:25:08Z
They ought to have had more titles at Europe's most rarified level. Bayern Munich, the superpower with a liking for soap operas, hits town 2013-02-18T16:01:01Z
It was in this rarified atmosphere that the idea for Biosphere 2 was born. Rock Tasting at Biosphere 2 2012-12-11T14:15:00.217Z
Most of Flat6Labs’ budding entrepreneurs grew up outside of Cairo’s rarified circles and made their way through the country’s crumbling public school system. Silicon Valley on the Nile? 2012-10-17T08:45:00Z
Staying close to an FBS team - let alone a ranked one - was rarified air for the Rams. Big plays lift No. 21 Bearcats over Fordham, 49-17 2012-10-14T02:19:07Z
Yet in practical terms, the Higgs is an incomprehensible abstraction, a partial solution to an extraordinarily rarified and perhaps always-incomplete intellectual puzzle. Sometimes science must give way to religion 2012-08-22T17:20:11.767Z
He joins the rarified Billionaire Third Wives Club, and his pattern of remarrying progressively younger women is most similar to that of Larry Ellison. Divorce Charts Of The Billionaires: George Soros Edition 2012-08-12T22:25:17Z
Albeit four years from now, with women's weightlifters tending to peak in their mid to late twenties, Smith's talent may yet have reached a more rarified plateau. Olympic weightlifting is a triumph of grunts, wails, jerks and mews 2012-07-30T16:09:11Z
This is how it is at the most rarified level. Euro 2012: Trapattoni cancels training to help refocus Ireland players 2012-06-06T22:01:01Z
If you can navigate through this challenging stage, you'll end up in the rarified territory reserved only for the champions. 5 Traps to Avoid When Growing Your Business 2012-06-06T12:58:00Z
Indeed, lifting the current event into more rarified air would be an important step toward a more organized de facto world circuit, with every tour working together for the collective good of the game. Final Say: It's Time To Elevate The BMW PGA To Its Rightful Spot On World Stage 2012-05-29T04:00:00Z
Even the most ardent feminists would be hard-pressed to march on behalf of a millionaire business executive who lives in the rarified air of the privileged elite. Column: Augusta National stuck in a time warp 2012-04-04T23:32:12Z
Each of the lovers was a genius; each had been pedestaled by the world; each was supposed to live on a rarified plane far above the heads or the ken of mere earth folk. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z
But I don't think any sensible person, not blinded by an absurd convention, cares for that type of rarified demeanour. One Day at a Time and Other Talks on Life and Religion 2012-03-31T02:00:20.873Z
You get celebrities — not only athletes, but other people who live in this rarified environment for too long — it’s not healthy. George McPhee on Alex Ovechkin: ?The league has adjusted to Ovi; now it?s his turn to adjust? 2012-03-12T12:00:00Z
Last year, while appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, he used some rarified English to explain his reluctance to buy the Mets. Cohen and Mets: What's His Game? 2012-02-23T23:26:38Z
She was surrounded by a rarified atmosphere and the voices of earth troubled her not. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z
Mr. Plouffe’s history with the president ensures him a rarified place in any Obama endeavor. Plouffe, Obama Aide, Lends Firm Hand to Campaign 2012-02-20T05:25:19Z
International diplomacy is generally an art of rarified world capitals and political pedigrees. Xi Jinping of China Makes a Return Trip to Iowa 2012-02-15T17:27:53Z
Doreen sat on a heap of ashes, enclosed in a rarified atmosphere of her own. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z
It must be confessed that only New England could have produced him; only the rarified bookish atmosphere of three hundred years could have engendered a creature of such genius! The Unpublishable Memoirs 2012-02-03T03:00:18.447Z
To say, “I live on Sutton Place,” a lavish and rarified avenue flush against the East River, is to brag even more. The Appraisal: On a Numbered Street, Apartment Owners Yearn for More Cachet 2012-01-16T16:16:52Z
It makes some difference whether a machine is run in a humid atmosphere near the seashore or in a dry, rarified atmosphere at an altitude in the country. Natural and Artificial Duck Culture 2012-01-04T03:00:33.923Z
In what was the resemblance to the vision to consist, if not in melting, like it, into thin air? into air unobscured by vapour, rarified from the slightest admixture of rack or cloud. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 94, August 16, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-21T03:00:39.257Z
“The trophy end of it is a fairly rarified end, but even so, it’s not a large number of rooms to put into that pot,” said Jonathan Langston, managing director at consultant Tri Hospitality. Investors Prize London’s Glitziest Hotels as $25 Cocktails Flow 2011-12-16T00:34:22Z
From Lombardy, with the smell of orange flowers all about us, we mounted up and up until the green growing things became fewer and frailer, and the air chillier and more rarified. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z
In the years since, Ive and his team have achieved rarified status at Apple. Pressure on Apple Designer Ive 2011-08-26T04:23:10Z
Midsummer was approaching, and the dry, rarified air of Canyon Pass sometimes seemed a blast from an open furnace. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z
Not just because it's constructed from a particularly rarified form of data - the concepts and ideas we might use to form our worldviews. Information is Beautiful on the Datablog: Left v Right redux 2011-07-22T07:00:00Z
The air beneath the piston was not sufficiently rarified; the void produced was too imperfect. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z
Without the mask, the passenger would never have been able to endure the rarified 57 atmosphere at this altitude. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z
It was rarified air, but a heavy price to pay if I was going to stay there. Bill Rogers Is A Forgotten Champion 2011-07-13T04:00:00Z
The lungs expand and contract like bellows as they inhale and exhale the rarified atmosphere, and the heart beats like a trip-hammer as it pumps the invigorated blood through the system. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z
The heavy blows on face and body, which in such a contest fall fast and furious, sounded strangely clear in the rarified mountain atmosphere—the old stock-rider and the dogs the sole spectators. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z
So the minister's wife of whom we have spoken, was mistaken in thinking God a rarified substance like ether, spread out to fill all nature. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z
He's been breathing that rarified gas that they breath in the beltway.The old phrase a legend in his own mind. Mardell's America 2011-05-10T17:39:24Z
It was my first summer in a rarified atmosphere and I imagined at times I could see objects moving along the mountain range some thirty miles away. Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago 2011-04-28T02:00:13.453Z
New Properties.—When matter is thus rarified, or in other words, when the pressure is removed, new properties appear, and the tangible fades into the intangible. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z
Under the editorship of Tony Livesey, both titles specialised in a rarified brand of yellow journalism and headlines such as "World War II Bomber Found on Moon". R.I.P. Daily and Sunday Sport 2011-04-04T12:29:51Z
“The billionaires list, while it is a rarified universe, does reflect the enormous changes apparent in the global economy,” said Forbes. Carlos Slim Tops Forbes List of Billionaires for Second Year 2011-03-10T05:05:13Z
Miriam had her hand on his arm, and was speaking hurriedly and low, but in that rarified atmosphere Mrs. Darrow had no difficulty in following every word. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z
Ben Roethlisberger lost his chance to join rarified air and become one of the few quarterbacks with three Super Bowl rings. Steelers remain stuck on six Super Bowl titles 2011-02-07T20:55:08Z
Having apologized and insisted that he's a changed man, Big Ben hopes to move into rarified territory with a third Super Bowl ring. Plenty of history to Steelers-Packers Super Bowl 2011-01-28T22:17:03Z
Having apologized and insisted that he's a changed man, Big Ben hopes to move him into rarified territory with a third Super Bowl ring. Steelers vs. Pack: A hair-raisin' game in Big D 2011-01-24T04:32:44Z
It couldn't seem further from the rarified world of hedge-fund trading. The Next Frontier on Insider-Trading Cases 2010-11-23T00:17:00Z
At Private Schools, a Hunt for New Leaders There are job openings and new hires starting seemingly everywhere, that is, in the rarified employment sector of Manhattan private school administration. City Room: Floccinaucinihilipilificationism: A Word as Big as the Man 2010-10-13T14:42:00Z
There are job openings and new hires starting seemingly everywhere, that is, in the rarified employment sector of Manhattan private school administration. City Room: End Times: Hail and Bowery Sweatshirts Edition 2010-10-12T16:51:00Z
Berggruen lives in a rarified world of private planes and luxury yachts with no apparent domicile, hopping from Mongolia to Gabon, London to New York, often in one place for only a few hours. El Pa?s saviours are no media moguls 2010-10-05T19:58:00Z
That's put them in the rarified league of families whose conglomerates dominate ... Indian Billionaires Step Into Spotlight 2010-08-10T03:50:00Z
Family influence The rarified perches Kagan has occupied are a considerable distance from the New York world of social activism and Jewish orthodoxy in which she grew up. For Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, a history of pragmatism over partisanship 2010-05-11T04:00:00Z
It will, therefore, emit its proper sound, whether it be struck in the rarified air of the mountain-top, or in the condensed air of a mine. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers
This was a level of behaviour where he found the air somewhat rarified. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath
And for the same reason the blue and violet being much darker Colours than these, and much more rarified, may be neglected. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light
It is as if we lived in a great silence like that in the rarified atmosphere of Swiss heights. Love's Usuries
Still the air, excessively rarified at that enormous altitude, was very piercing, and monstrous eagles, which followed the track of the caravan, were daily provided with a number of dead bodies.  Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2
I find I can't remain in a rarified atmosphere too long. Hempfield A Novel
The first question invariably asked was, "Did you suffer from the rarified air?" An Impromptu Ascent of Mont Blanc
For Mr. Boyle has shew'd that Air may be rarified above ten thousand times in Vessels of Glass; and the Heavens are much emptier of Air than any Vacuum we can make below. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light
If the air of the great, spheroid subterranean nation were allowed to freely obey the laws of gravity, it would be oppressively dense in the lower levels, and excessively rarified in the upper ones. Astounding Stories, August, 1931
Biting into rarified air, he adjusted the hull heat distributor, cut in the refrigeration unit, increased oxygen a trifle. Fly By Night
Shall we still have wherewith to obtain any work at all? will this rarified, simplified mentality be much above a mere feelingless optic machine? Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions
M. Bourrit, as well as his son, was afflicted by the rarified air and could not eat anything. An Impromptu Ascent of Mont Blanc
Pat stretched his arms and drew a long breath of the cold, rarified air, then expelled it in an audible sigh of supreme content. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp
At midday the pure rarified air is a marvel of transparent clarity and everything is as clear cut as a cameo. The Song of the Wolf
The air is now so rarified, that you can see not indistinctly the figure of a man on Arthur's Seat. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2)
To get this approbation thou hast soared out of thine element; the atmosphere is too rarified, thou canst not live, thou must return! Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales
Randall heard Lanier gasping with each great leap, and felt himself at every breath a knife of pain stabbing through his lungs, the rarified atmosphere of the red planet taking its toll. Astounding Stories, April, 1931
Now tell me, when we get to that rarified category, who do we find? Status Quo
He observed that the rarified air at the summit of the Alps was vastly lighter than that in the valleys below. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons
Had it fallen on through the branches to the ground he would have died, in his unconsciousness, in the rarified atmosphere. The Planetoid of Peril
Pure oxygen to be inhaled in his sleep by lungs accustomed to a rarified atmosphere, or stimulants in his food so it would look like a little too much exertion on a heart already overtaxed. Martians Never Die
It may just deserve to be mentioned, that nitrous air extremely rarified in an air-pump dissolves iron, and is diminished by it as much as when it is in its native state of condensation. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air
In the rarified air, our bow lifted slightly, like a ship riding a gentle ground swell. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930
They are fashioned for existence in the regions of space and in even the most rarified air they are helpless. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930
These are enough to show the rarified atmosphere of his thought world. Three Unpublished Poems
The air was becoming somewhat rarified, the torches burned with difficulty and further augmented the heat of the atmosphere, while the smoke formed a dense pall. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
The atmosphere at that quarter, being constantly superheated and correspondingly rarified, ascends into the vault above. Doctor Jones' Picnic
It was found that any flashing, oscillating current, whether electronic, or the semi-vacuum of rarified air--or even a thin sheet of whirling fluid--gave also a pressure-insulation. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930
She had felt then as one feels transported quickly to the rarified atmosphere of a great height. The Fire People
Here I saw several instructive experiments with very large machines for the production of light by electric discharges in highly rarified air. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II
But when she hit the outer fringes of the ionosphere—that upper layer of rarified protons, the rapidly moving current of high velocity ions known as the plasmasphere—she bucked like a kicked horse. Unwise Child
I thought there was a sensation—I will only whisper this—of a slightly rarified official atmosphere at this meeting, I saw no one caper. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah
We are used to breathing this moist air, and when I first visited the earth I was made uncomfortable by your rarified atmosphere. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930
The Sun's rays beat through the rarified air on the distended plastic wrappers, increasing still further the pressure of the confined hydrogen. Bread Overhead
Camping in Snow Now, it is well known that at considerable altitudes running is a very painful operation for human beings, the rarified air making the effect of such exertion almost suffocating. In the Forbidden Land
In all rarified and subtle experiments of thought pictorial images are quite as likely to hinder us in our groping towards reality as they are to help us. The Complex Vision
When this is the case, it expels the rarified air from its body and pouch, and drops swiftly towards the ocean. In the Eastern Seas
Clemence, Darsie, and Lavender were acutely conscious of the rarified atmosphere by which they were surrounded, and only regretted its necessarily limited duration. A College Girl
The atmosphere, rarified by the heat around the burning building, suddenly expanded, and the cold and more dense air rushing in, it seemed as if a sudden wind was blowing violently. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3
The more primitive nebul� would seem to be composed of gas in an extremely rarified form. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told
It was the first time that Madeleine had spread her Wings and hit the rarified Strata. Knocking the Neighbors
The great heat and rarified mountain air caused frantic headaches, aggravated by the glare which came through the white canvas roof. The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems
When man’s soul is rarified and cleansed, spiritual links are established, and from these bonds sensations felt by the heart are produced. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
They were fitting us to live in the rarified upper altitudes of refinement and to mingle with rank without stepping all over its feet. Homeburg Memories
Philosophy also has been itself of late working in a pretty rarified region. Modern Religious Cults and Movements
These phenomena, attested by many ancient and modern writers, are variously accounted for by the learned, as priestcraft, peculiar construction, escape of rarified air, &c. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3)
He is of the "earth earthy," and in the rarified atmosphere of noble ambition and great achievements, he is utterly blind and of no account. Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul
As he got higher among the craggy peaks, that rose sombre and majestic in the moonlight, the air grew more rarified and his breath came short. Westerfelt
At daylight all were up, and in the chill of the rarified mountain air were walking stiffly to the car. The Furnace of Gold
I ascended to the Mid-space, and found a vast Alteration in the Air, which even here was very sensibly rarified. A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country
All the Tugela operations had been conducted in a rarified medium. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans
First, That the parts of the Glass, whilst in a fluid Consistence and hot, are more rarified, or take up more room, then when hard and cold. Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon
One vessel rarified by fire driveth forty of cold water, and one being consumed, another begins to force, and refill with cold water, and so on successively, the fire being kept constant. Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects
None of the speculative explanations Rodney's friends advanced for his having bought that precious solemn house of the McCreas, together with all its rarified esthetic furniture, exactly covered the ground. The Real Adventure
For four years they had lived in the rarified atmosphere of celestial friendship. Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories
Here, we remained all night and, with the rarified air and the smoke from the engine, were almost suffocated, while the wind blew so furiously we could not venture to open the doors. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years
Thirdly, That the dropping or quenching the glowing metal in the Water makes it of a hard, springing, and rarified texture. Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon
This philosophic plane was too high for Emmy, who had her pleasant being in a less rarified atmosphere. Septimus
The more rarified the lower external air, the more rapid will be the current of cool air; and, therefore, the greater the evaporation. Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland
Staring at him for an instant, the spirit cut him dead; murmuring to itself, 'Ah, some terrestrial bumpkin, I fancy,' and passed on with its celestial nose in the highly rarified air. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
His lungs, distended by the rarified atmosphere, threatened to burst with an explosion akin to a steamboat's. The Cross of Berny
The philosopher of the ego sees everything, no doubt, from a high and rarified heaven; only he sees everything foreshortened or deformed. The Defendant
The atmosphere," said Rattenden, "is so rarified that the kettle refuses to boil properly. Septimus
Away on the dry rarified air pealed the cry, piercing the cedar forest, splitting sharp in the vaulted canyons, rolling loud and long, to lose power, to die away in muffling echo. Tales of lonely trails
At 9,000 feet above the level of the Mediterranean the air becomes extremely rarified, and the sky exhibits a blue-black appearance. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 383, August 1, 1829
In fact, some of the nebulae seem to be so highly rarified that radiation may take place from their interiors almost as well as from their surfaces. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86
"In any case you will do well to take every precaution, for the air will be terribly rarified." From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon
The landscape is highly picturesque and the phantasmagoric effects of the rarified atmosphere are bewitching. Arizona Sketches
It was further stated that "The medium was held in trance for short periods only, as the medium must necessarily experience the atmosphere of Mars which is more rarified than that of your Earth." The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants, a psychic revelation
Every twenty feet we rested, breathing heavily of the rarified air. The Mountains
Fact is, the pair we were talking about had by some psychical magic rarified the atmosphere for all of us until half our notes were above our normal pitch. The Cavalier
The air had assumed an absolute limpidity, as if it had become rarified, rarified unto emptiness. Ramuntcho
Tails of comets from rarified vapour, like northern lights, from electricity; twenty millions of miles long; expected comet. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation
The Martians experience no difficulty in living in a rarified atmosphere. The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants, a psychic revelation
She knew how preternaturally acute Henriette's intellect had become in the rarified atmosphere of her mother's drawing-room, how accurate her memory, how sharp her ears, and how observant her eyes. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger
It is my opinion that when a north wind blows across those stone-covered plains, it collects the heat from them, and the air, becoming rarified, is driven on southwards with increased vehemence. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart
The poor asthmatic is now breathing the extremely rarified air of the New Jerusalem. Remarks
By this excessive heat the air becomes greatly rarified, and a violent hurricane commonly comes and restores the balance in the atmosphere. An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2
The road winds about the mountain-flanks, now climbing up, now descending; the whole aspect of nature grows more grand, more austere; the air grows more rarified, and one becomes more and more exalted in spirit. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young
They shouted at the tops of their voices, but in the clear polar air, rarified as it is, sound does not carry as well as in northern latitudes, and there was no response. The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic
The stones have not been worked since Captain Cook’s day; yet there is not a weather-stain upon them, and the air is so dry and rarified that meat will keep fresh for three months.  The Hawaiian Archipelago
For some moments he had felt like an intoxicated person in the vastly rarified plane of the upper ether. On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake
There never was a man so free from taint, there never was such complete mental poise, there never was such cold, rarified, unerring judgment. Senator North
The Literary Society always met in Miss Miller's "room," not because it was more imposing or commodious than any of the others but on account of its somewhat rarified intellectual atmosphere. Quill's Window
I was once as desperately in love as you are now; and went through all the 'Delicious deaths, soft exhalations Of soul; dear and divine annihilations, A thousand unknown rites Of joys, and rarified delights.' Hyperion
It may be well to mention the fact here, that in these regions the air is so rarified and clear that distances are very deceptive, objects appearing to be much closer than they really are. Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West
It seemed as though the envelope of breathable air surrounding the earth had suddenly become vastly rarified. On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake
So rarified, indeed, is the atmosphere, that it causes an elasticity of spirits unknown in a heavier temperature. Expedition into Central Australia
She only feared her breath might disturb the delicate atmosphere which filled the room, growing at each moment more rarified and delicate in its quality. Dawn
Their f-r-r-r-r rose nearly an octave in the scale of sound, diminishing gradually in intensity as the air became more rarified, and the machine rose vertically, like a lark singing his song in space. Robur the Conqueror
Even the pinion of the eagle fails in its rarified air, and the chamois ventures not to climb its steep and slippery crags. Napoleon Bonaparte
"If the air everywhere is so rarified the men would die crossing the mountains." On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake
The atmosphere on some occasions was so rarified, that we felt a difficulty in breathing, and a buzzing sensation on the crown of the head, as if a hot iron had been there. Expedition into Central Australia
Nature, however refined and cultivated the man, or rarified his atmosphere, sees to this. Who Cares? a story of adolescence
When we flatter ourselves that we have formed its conception, we have merely deceived our understanding by the consideration of infinitely rarified matter. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2
To Shelley’s ethereal vision the most rarified mental or spiritual music traced its beautiful corresponding forms on the sand of outward things.  Shelley; an essay
Mrs. Esden moved in a rarified atmosphere of gratified ambition and parental pride, which no doubt closely resembled that which the angels breathe. Dope
The heat was intolerable, in consequence of a hot wind that blew upon us like a sirocco from the N.W., and the air so rarified that we could hardly breathe, and were greatly distressed. Expedition into Central Australia
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