Word: dearth
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...grating moments. Wainwright is very talented, but I wouldn’t want her to sing me a nightly lullaby, and she can wax whiny. Still, modern music could use some more true artists. At the risk of sounding cliché, it’s easy to lament the dearth of songwriters who can create rhythms, melodies, and harmonies that are beautiful without being over-sampled or over-trodden—especially ones that give a fresh and insightful peek into the human condition. —Staff writer Meredith S. Steuer can be reached at msteuer@fas.harvard.edu
...plan effectively, FEMA’s response to natural disasters can be nothing but truncated and uncoordinated. The de-prioritization of FEMA’s mission has severely weakened the organization’s morale, and top disaster specialists, senior leaders, and experienced personnel have left in droves. The dearth of long-term professional staffers is exacerbated by a lack of workers in general: the Louisiana branch, for example, has a mere 90 employees to manage the entire state. This dual lack of resources and manpower has left FEMA floundering. The organization has yet to impose a cohesive system...
...with their former lives and render them vulnerable at the hands of Europeans. Now, the journey could not be more different: it is easy, fast, and completely voluntary. Only several accounts of the Middle Passage from the perspectives of the enslaved exist because of illiteracy and imprisonment With this dearth of information, it is easy to see how such a “culture of silence”—whatever its origin—stretches back hundreds of years and across continents...
...appears to be missing out on an epic global commodities boom. The archipelago of 17,500 islands is rich in natural gas, copper, coal, gold and other sought-after resources. Yet while some sectors, like palm oil, have seen exports surge, others have stagnated despite soaring commodity prices. A dearth of investment combined with aging fields has reduced the country's once formidable oil industry to near insignificance. Production has plummeted by one third in the past eight years. There may be undiscovered oil still in the ground. But funding for exploration has been scared...
...don’t think it should be the case that incoming students who opt for the Core will find any dearth of courses,” said Jeffry A. Frieden, last year’s chair of the Core’s Subcommittee on Quantitative Reasoning...