Mary,
Re your question below:
> Can someone clue me into what a RARA AVIS
is?
>
> I see plenty of definitions everywhere, but I
guess
> I'm missing the
> point.
It's a reference to a line from the most famous of
hard-boiled crime novels, THE MALTESE FALCON, in which Casper
Gutman refers to the titular statuette as a
"rara avis" or "rare bird."
JIM DOHERTY
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