Word: scant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...upon them and no hysterical hopes; they had the peasant's love for the land, the schoolboy's patriotism, the self-righteousness of a very young nation. They were Sabras-nicknamed after the thorny, rather tasteless fruit of the cactus, grown on arid earth, tough, hard-living, scant...
This week, a scant majority of Congressmen remained in Washington. They were exhausted and waspish-from the heat and eight years of overwork.* When they or their successors return in January, they will get more pay for less work-but work of better quality...
...points and on the basis of this lead won term honors in inter-house athletics with a total score of 572 points, 112 points higher than Dunster House, in the runner-up position. In third place in the term standings was Winthrop House with 425 points, a scant 5 points more than Leverett in fourth place. Lowell was next with 327 points while Adams and Dudley brought up the rear with...
...came war and another child, but little change. Innocenzo, who had scant appetite for heroics, wangled a job as a medical orderly and his wife got a Government allotment...
Jack Fisher was high scorer for the meet with 12 points, winning the hammer throw with a mark of 153 feet 2 inches, a scant two feet further than his brother Willo reached. In addition he captured the discus with a throw of 130 feet 6 inches and took a third in the shotput...