Word: dearth
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...where some see broad-mindedness, criticssee a celebrity's shallow appeal to the masses andperhaps a dearth of serious scholarly thought...
...Faculty Council rejected the planbecause of its lack of clarity and a dearth offaculty to maintain its membership Buell, said...
...Perhaps most disturbing is the editorial's assertion that "the protesters should, if anything, be pleased with certain recent events." Implicit in this statement is the suggestion that with the hiring of the eminent Princeton professor Cornel West '74, the battle has been won, that the University's dearth of minority faculty has been magically alleviated by the advent of this single man, that we should be appeased and shut up and go home...
...film that concentrates on characterization, "The Accompanist" is surprisingly spares in dialogue. This dearth is amply commpensated through visual and musical means. Frequently the camera focused on the face of a single character of several seconds at a time, revealing subtle change of expression music, as in one scene in which Irene and Sophie rehearse. In this episode, unlike those of most movies featuring piano players, the camera picks out only the characters' faces, not even expending a single shot on Sophie's hands...
Gardner understands that the students weren't protesting Junior Parents Weekend, per se, but rather the University's dearth of minority professors and course offerings in ethnic studies. He knows the protesters were just using the event as a public forum to voice their concerns, Indeed, he doesn't even disagree with them...