Word: dearth
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Small-town fire companies are suffering from a dearth of volunteers. What's your response? Domenick Moore BLOOMSBURG...
...true that Ceylan's films are never easy going, but in a country of 70 million, 20,000 viewers seems, well, a little pathetic. Are Turks a nation of cultural philistines? Critics bemoaning the dearth of interest in cultural fare (book sales are shrinking along with art-house film audiences) point to a brutal 1980 military coup as the start of this malaise. The generals ushered in an era of economic liberalization and anything-goes cowboy capitalism that rapidly transformed the country into a consumerist McHeaven. Turgut Ozal, who served as Prime Minister from 1983 to 1989 and as President...
...Does social and political conservatism explain the dearth of Singaporean film before the 1990s? KHOO: No, basically we had a very thriving film industry. But when Sir Run Run Shaw left for Hong Kong and [influential Malaysian actor and director] P. Ramlee went back to Malaysia, things changed. If you think of movies produced back in the '50s, the budgets were, like, up to a million, and they were huge in Southeast Asia. UEKRONGTHAM: It's not so much about social control but trying to focus on economic progress. And maybe now is the time when they can focus...
...programs, such as medical schools. In 2002, Congress agreed to finance a loan-repayment system through the National Institutes of Health designed to encourage physicians and scientists to work at public hospitals and research facilities, forgoing private practice. Large salary differentials between the public and private sectors, causing a dearth of medical and scientific researchers, prompted this initiative. Like law school PSLRPs, the National Institutes of Health’s program enables medical students to enter the public service realm by reducing debt upon graduation...
...liking: the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Peter Fitzgerald, a quirky maverick up for re-election in 2004. If Obama were to have any hope of becoming the Democratic nominee, he would have to overcome two weaknesses exposed in 2000: shaky support among working-class blacks and the dearth of party regulars. Jones, now president after a Democratic takeover of the state senate, held the key to both problems. "You've got a lot of power," Obama told him. "You have the power to make a United States Senator." Jones asked Obama who, exactly, he might have in mind...