Word: scant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...scant two years ago, John Sloan Dickey became president of the college, and since that time he has done some face-lifting in Hanover that has also lifted some eyebrows among the conservative Dartmouth family...
...some Brule River promoter give General Eisenhower a fast shuffle with phony fish scales? If the General himself actually said that scant two-pounder weighed 5½ [TIME, Sept. 15], somebody must have pulled the wool (Cap, Field, Wool, O.D.) over his eyes...
Crisis in Paris. There was a crisis of the Marshall plan-that hopeful but somewhat vague U.S. endeavor to solve Europe's economic and political crises. The 16 nations convened in Paris had made scant progress toward mutual self-help (see Conferences). This crisis might still be overcome, but it was psychologically damaging...
...remained for Secretary Marshall and Arthur Vandenberg, back in Washington, to focus attention on the job done. "One thousand percent worthwhile," said Vandenberg, and took the U.S. press to task for what he thought too scant and uncomprehending treatment of Rio's accomplishments. Another who knew what Rio meant was U.S. Ambassador Bill Pawley. His thorough background job in advance of the Conference had done a lot to pave the way for the most successful hemispheric meeting in years...
...Marshall approach," which a few scant months ago had seemed like the hope of the world, ran into trouble...