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Word: scant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Adams finished third with nine points, Winthrop and Kirkland tied with six, and Leverett collected a scant five. Dudley and Dunster entered no men in the finals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Pins Down Mat Title, Beating Lowell House, 20-15 | 3/19/1954 | See Source »

...next hearing and announced that he would appear in Zwicker's place. McCarthy, warming up, accepted the challenge. Stevens' statement was so worded as to give many the impression that he would shield all Army officers from questioning by McCarthy. Such a position would have scant legal basis and would be unacceptable to the vast majority of Senators, Republican or Democratic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: The Oak & the Ivy | 3/8/1954 | See Source »

...world has paid scant attention to the princess and her highbrow Botteghe. U.S. circulation is under 2,000, much less in other countries, and even the rich princess has had to sell some of her paintings to keep it going. But Marguerite Caetani is an old hand at backing forlorn literary causes. For ten years she ran France's distinguished quarterly Commerce, and her home in Paris, like the palace in Rome, was a gathering place for writers. Her distant cousin, T. S. Eliot, warned her not to start Botteghe, told her it was tough enough to back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Highbrow Refuge | 3/8/1954 | See Source »

Lionel won the freshman title, edging Hollis by a scant two points, eight to six. All Lionel's scoring came in the 165-lb. match, as Gerry O'Connor defeated teammate Stan Freedman. Two Hollis boxers, Vin Aok and Ray Gallo, reached the finals, but each lost the decision. John Bower beat Aock in the 135-lb. class and John Todd decisioned Gallo in the 155-lb. match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dudley Out-Boxes Winthrop to Win House Title Again | 3/6/1954 | See Source »

Hadden Tomes for the Crimson and Warren Zimmerman of Yale both topped the Princeton second man, but Thomas is favored tomorrow since he gave up a scant 16 points in his 3 to 0 win. Third man John Rauh lost against Princeton, as did his Yale opponent tomorrow. Captain Mike Ward and Jim Laughlin of Yale both won, but Ward won 3 to 0, Laughlin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Squash Team Meets Favored Yale at New Haven | 3/3/1954 | See Source »

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