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Rara Avis is a ghost town located in Itawamba County, Mississippi, approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) west of the Alabama state line. Rara Avis was settled in 1850, [1] and the town name translated to Latin means "rare bird". [citation needed] The population was 100 in 1900. [2] A post office was established in 1902. [3]
Rediscovered in 1996, the location was kept secret as the TBD is considered one of the holy grails of lost Naval Aviation. In February 2011, the National Museum of Naval Aviation at NAS Pensacola, Florida, announced plans to recover and restore the rara avis. Those plans are later canceled when it is decided that the plane is too deteriorated ...
The Adventure of the Rara Avis: Murder, My Dear Watson, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg, and Daniel Stashower (Carroll & Graf) Finalist 2004: Sandy Balzo: The Grass Is Always Greener Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Feb 2007 Winner Robert Barnard: Rogues Gallery Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 2003 Finalist Diana Deverell ...
Rara avis is a Latin phrase for 'rare bird'. Rara avis may refer to: Rara Avis, Mississippi, an American ghost town; Rara Avis, an artwork by Ralph Helmick; Rara avis, a 2005 exhibition about Iris Apfel; RARA AVIS, a musical ensemble featuring Ken Vandermark; Rara Avis, a 1985 documentary about Bridget Bate Tichenor
rara avis (rarissima avis) rare bird (very rare bird) An extraordinary or unusual thing. From Juvenal's Satires VI: rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno ("a rare bird in the lands, and very like a black swan"). rari nantes in gurgite vasto: Rare survivors in the immense sea: Virgil, Aeneid, I, 118: ratio decidendi: reasoning for the ...
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Iris Apfel, known globally for her bold style and individuality, has died at 102. Her work appeared in the White House and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Jazz at the Philharmonic - J.A.T.P. at Carnegie Hall 1949 (Pablo) Rara Avis Avis, Rare Bird (Stash) Various Artists - Alto Saxes (Norgran) Bird on the Road (Jazz Showcase) Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie - Bird and Diz (Universal (Japan)) Charlie Parker - Bird in Paris (Bird in Paris) Charlie Parker in France 1949 (Jazz O.P. (France))