Word: dearth
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...selection process for the World Festival Days is a blend of international politics and recognition of talent which transcends boundaries--each year the ISCM General Assembly chooses one member nation to present the annual festival. (The United States, due to the dearth of government subsidies for the arts, has traditionally been at a disadvantage because of the lack of guaranteed funds.) Then, the member nations select compositions from their countries and submit them to the international jury, which includes contemporary music luminaries Gunther Schuller, Elliott Carter, Jacques Guyonnet, David Drew, and Marlos Nobre. A special effort was made this year...
Indeed, the toughest challenge for crews--and the highlight for spectators--seemed to be getting the rafts to float before the start. There was no dearth of contestants for the "first to sink tastefully" award...
Even with the dearth of facilities, Rindge has some track stars. One of them, Roberto E. Cooper holds the indoor high jump record for Massachusetts schoolboys, and won the Class D high jumping championships this year...
...salaries were never the central issue. The catch, obviously, was how few minority professors there were to enjoy the attractive wages. Bok indicates he understands the reason for the dearth of minority faculty members when he says that...
Harvard has only two endowed professorships in Jewish Studies now and because of this dearth many of the 30 to 40 students who apply to Harvard every year to study Jewish culture are turned away because of a lack of senior professors...