Word: dearth
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...March she accompanied Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony on their historic tour of China. "It was fascinating to see musicians there attempt to recover after the Gang of Four's efforts to dismantle Chinese culture," she says. "Instruments are few, scores even fewer, but there is no dearth of enthusiasm. In Shanghai, we watched a rehearsal of Swan Lake in a room so cold we could see our breath. The dancers, however, took no notice of the chill. They were simply pleased to be performing...
...Johnson (22 ft. 7 3/4 in.) in the long jump) and Shawn Hall (45 ft. 8 in. in the triple jump) once again won their horizontal events, helping compensate for a dearth of vertical jumpers...
Until the shortage ends, newspapers will have to continue scrambling to find newsprint. Meanwhile the dearth of newsprint is being reflected in the quality of the paper that is delivered, Baumgardener said. "I've never seen paper like this--linted and yellowed. It's like printing on Charmin," he added, "but we're not sending any back--it's definitely a seller's market...
Even if this film were consistently funny, it could not avoid ticketing as slick Hollywood escapism. No dumb palooka, Pakula has proven capable--with Klute and All the President's Men--of far worthier cinematic ventures. But given the dearth of screenplays in Hollywood, the flipquel will probably haunt us for years. Watch for Queen Kong...
...chairman of the History Department, Wallace T. MacCaffrey, blamed the dearth of course offerings on circumstances. A number of big-shot professors are on leave this year and the department has been unable to find "qualified" teachers to fill the department's gaps, he said. He did not mention, however, the circumstances with which Harvard upperclassmen are sadly familiar--the University's neglect of its students' educations. This is not the first time history students have been left stranded; a few years ago European history concentrators found themselves in the same bind as this year's American history students...