Word: scant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tents. A few were outdoors strolling nervously about their ready-packed gear and baggage. A smoke of frost was on the harbor, where their bark, the City of New York, was soon to arrive, to take them away from their 13 months and 25 days of bleakness. Talk was scant...
...short stretch, losing it to Fox, who was closely followed by Cobb. On the last lap, with Cobb leading, Levering had the misfortune to snap the string of his trunks. Patterson, however, came forward and matched strides with the Crimson runner, finally breaking ahead to win by a scant four yards. Fox surprised all by uncorking a fine sprint which brought him ahead of Levering and into third place at the finish. The time was slower than expected, being clocked...
...Hormone. The female procreative apparatus secretes a complex chemical called for want of a special name the female sex hormone. The hormone is carried by the blood throughout the body. It is essential to a woman's health. It gives women their feminine characteristics. Its lack or scant production causes physiological irregularity, often sterility. Women create more of it while they are pregnant than at other times. It becomes available in relatively large quantities in the amniotic fluid and placenta...
...three previous contests of the winter campaign in which these two aggregations clashed have found the crimson-clad skaters emerging victorious, but each time only by the scant margin of one goal. The initial engagement was a 4 to 3 overtime affair and the second game resulted in a 2 to 1 victory for the University team. Some ten days ago these two combinations faced each other once again and the final count was, 4 to 3. Such a series of defeats is bound to put any team on a fighting edge, and the Clubmen are determined to seize this...
Death in its blind flight last week dipped close to William Howard Taft, then veered away, how far none knew. A combination of ailments which forced his resignation as Chief Justice rendered his condition serious, if not critical. His physicians held out scant hope for complete recovery...