Word: scant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Georgian house, rich in atmosphere but unsteadied by the effects of bombs that landed nearby during the war. One night a London bobby called at the front door with an expression of injured dignity. It seems that a piece of the roof had fallen, missing his head by a scant few feet. Said he: "Madam, your house is a menace...
...performance. In hope so. But Tom Gaydos, defeating opening night jitters, stole the show as the wily Iago. His performance, although at times uneven, generally flowed from peak to peak, setting a brisk pace for the other actors. This was particularly noticable in his scenes with Roderigo, played, with scant talent, by John Bethel. Gaydos seldom allowed himself the luxury of shouting, and even tried to tone down some of Heffron's more volatile scenes. His Iago was, perhaps, too good a fellow, but it is better to have that interpretation than a high-decibel reading without any shading...
...been having trouble. To pep up Collier's, the biggest troublemaker, a series of drastic shake-ups was prescribed (TIME, June 22, 1946 et seq.). But there was little improvement. Crowell-Collier's earnings dropped from a high of $6,500,000 in 1946 to a scant $76,497 in 1952, or 5? a share, the lowest of any major U.S. magazine-publishing house. This week Crowell-Collier announced that it had hired a new vice president, who will "take a hard look at everything here." The troubleshooter: Paul C. (for Clifford) Smith, 44, who, as editor...
Israel, a harassed and overcrowded Utopia-in-the-desert, is now shaking down to a grim fight to hang on, if possible, until long-term improvements begin to pay off. Israel's scant monthly food ration -four ounces of meat, two pounds of potatoes, a pound of frozen cod-makes oldtime British austerity seem almost pleasurable. Unrationed goods are priced skyhigh: $20 for cotton overalls, $8 for a pair of sandals, a month-and-a-half's wages for a radio...
...exams, which usually start about the twentieth, also present a tedious blockade to Easter with the family. If the spring recess were only a month before finals, (Easter will be on April 25 in 2038 A.D.), students would have a scant three weeks of cramming before the exam period. Yet incredulous as it is, some students have done admirably with only two weeks before January exams...