scarcely ever

“They lost the opening game of the season, and this may be a sign of future luck. Scarcely ever such a large number of people witnessed a ball game in Washington and seldom, if ever, has there been displayed such enthusiasm over the sport in the National Capital.”

You also know that she rarely smiles and scarcely ever says please or thank you.

“I still like holding a print newspaper in my hand. I’m 65 years old. Most people under 50, certainly under 40, have scarcely ever held a newspaper in their hands.”

Makeshift services have popped up in the camp — a barber shop, churches, a school — making for a corrugated metal world that some people scarcely ever leave.

Restored to full form, with most of the many cuts made in the opera’s early stage to make it more portable and palatable, “Don Carlos” attains a grandest-of-grand level of spectacle and force almost immediately, and scarcely ever lets up.