Word: dearth
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...killing three individuals is a tough assignment for the military, and the dearth of targets offered by terrorist foes frustrates military planners. Too often, they end up bombing chemical-weapons factories that turn out to be pharmaceutical plants (as in Sudan in 1998) or vainly firing missiles that do little more than rustle the flaps on terrorists' tents (in Afghanistan the same year). Such strikes run the risk of highlighting America's impotence rather than its might...
Another oft heard complaint is that aside from the dearth of real protection for bona fide informants, the system doesn't do enough to weed out the inveterate liars and con men looking for government shelter. "Many witnesses under protection will say anything to save their skins," says Carlos Gallegos, a lawyer and political analyst at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. "How can the system trust them? They can cause havoc in a legal system as fragile and corrupt as ours...
Nowhere does that culture look more extreme than in Florida, which has one of the most inadequate public transit systems in the U.S., as well as a dearth of sidewalks and bike paths. "As Florida's growth burst at the seams, there just wasn't planning for sidewalks or anything else pedestrian-friendly," says Glenn Victor, spokesman for the nonprofit Florida Safety Council in Orlando. "This study should be considered very closely as part of the argument for endorsing projects like light rail. It's an impetus for Florida to catch...
...trying to get more minority faculty into every level of the University in all fields…The numbers of minority Ph.Ds who want to go into academia are simply too low, especially when it comes to blacks, Latinos, and Native American faculty.” This dearth of eligible minority candidates impedes Harvard’s efforts to diversify its faculty while still recruiting the nation’s brightest minds...
...will the indie-film shakeout ultimately play out? Given falling revenue, poor economics and a dearth of new indie projects, financial investors will likely limit commitments to commercially viable films - those offering strong potential for ancillary sales in video games and merchandise. That means more projects directed at the end market for those products - teens. But for hard-core indie investors, those who love taking risks on creative projects and look to hedge their bets by investing across many films, that game is over for now. And indie fans will soon feel...