Word: barely
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Others feel differently. Said a mine owner: "That bad little devil! I'd willingly strangle him with my own bare hands...
...Work. Hedda is one of the few columnists in Hollywood who has a downtown (Hollywood) office and a number listed in the phone book. The anteroom might well be that of a dentist who had fallen into a cavity and never managed to climb out. With its bare radiators, scarred doors and desks, signed photographs and careless gadgets, the whole suite resembles an oldtime theatrical booking agency...
There was no certainty that Congress would grant even that bare minimum. So far this year, the only aid to China which Congress had authorized was some part of the $350 million foreign relief program, which would probably be about $30 million. As in World War II, China was left with a thin trickle of supplies on the far side of a peacetime "Hump...
Wedemeyer's task was to estimate the bare minimum required to keep the sick country of China alive...
...earthworm population is declining because farmers have been scraping away the nation's topsoil for generations. The five-hearted earthworm is coldblooded, cannot survive a sudden freeze. In free-plowed fields, where the earth is laid bare (and in entire areas, like the Corn Belt), earthworms die off in great numbers each winter...