Word: scant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...George issued the welcome order to "splice the main brace" (extra grog for all hands). Three hundred and fifty miles off Cape Race, 1,350 miles from Quebec, the Empress' experienced crew got a whiff of the dank, penetrating "smell of icebergs." Soon the bergs showed up, scant hundreds of yards off the Empress' bows. A cold fog settled down over the liner. The escort cruisers anxiously nosed ahead, and on the Empress the siren sounded mournful blasts at intervals as it slowed to a halt. Thenceforth Vice-Admiral Sir Dudley North allowed the Royal flotilla to proceed...
...Socialist argument, it is axiomatic that a nation's total well-being under any economic system is limited by two things: the nature of the land and what is under the land, and the number and ingenuity of the population. A nation of clever and ambitious people with scant natural resources has but one recourse: it must sell its services by fabricating and transporting raw materials supplied by others. The economic history of Germany since the third quarter of the last cen- tury has been the history of a people consciously and steadfastly steered by their State to sell...
While limiting the Terriers to a scant three runs, Coach Stahl's victorious Varsity nine combined timely hitting with some nifty stepping on the bases to end up on the long end of a 6 to 3 count yesterday afternoon at Nickerson Field. The game was originally scheduled for a month ago, but was rained...
...poll of the 22 members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee indicated a scant plurality of five for Senator Pittman's plan to rewrite the law (part of which expires May 1) on a strict cash & carry basis, permitting sales of any U. S. goods to all comers provided they pay in the U. S., transport in their own bottoms...
With the Houses already over applied, late applications will receive scant consideration. Sophomores and Juniors who are on House waiting lists must file new applications even if they applied last year...