Word: dearth
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...there is any dearth of applications at all, it will not become evident till November, when the House waiting lists might be smaller than usual...
Doug Pirnie, the star sprinter on Jaakko Mikkola's track team, has been moved up to relieve the dearth of available tallbacks, although he has been absent from practice for neveral days on account of illness. He weighs 165 and is a Junior. Johnny Shattner, a 200-pound left tackle, is a shot-putter and weight man in the winter and spring, and will bring the tackle squad up to five. He is the best punter on the team, next to Loren MacKinney...
Harvard students who already knew the ropes, as well as middle-aged school marms from everywhere, found no dearth of attractions in the program arranged by Summer School authorities under Director Kirtley F. Mather, professor of Geology. A long list of movies, lectures, teas, dances, and tours, coupled with evenings spent in various Boston taverns or in "walks along the river," accounted for the spare-time of the summer schoolers...
...Catholic work in the U.S. Organized in 206 orders, large and small, they far outnumber all the nation's Quakers, are twice as numerous as the population of Charleston, S.C., three times as numerous as the nation's 50,203 Catholic priests and brothers. Any long-continued dearth of novices would be as serious for the church as drought is for a farmer...
...approaches the yawning point; or rather, it manages to hold the yawning point off till just a little before the end. A picture like this, in order to be successful, should have witty dialogue and an amusing plot. The plot, however, though it has possibilities, is hidden under a dearth of funny remarks. In addition to this, the director is completely lacking in any tense of timing or say appreciation for the subtler side of enjoyment; his sense of humor does not extend far beyond the limits of the delayed response, or much higher than the level of 23 skidoo...