Word: scant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Getting off to a commanding lead, the editors' eight ran into its first bad break when its number three man doubled up a scant five strokes from the start with acute gastroenteritis and was forced to take the emergency measure of swallowing his oar. Undaunted, the scribes retained their commanding lead over the fast stroking 'Poon, but adversity struck the editors once again when a species of highleaping truot sprang from the river and into the lap of the Crimson cox, temporarily blinding...
...many of Okinawa's predecessors, the only thing that distinguishes it is ten miniatures of excellent combat film. Most of the shots center on Kamikaze attacks, and many times the camera catches a plane bursting into flame a scant fifty yards away from the ship. But this exciting ten minutes does not make up for the other fifty...
Meanwhile, at New London, George Robertson and Butch Horner finished fourth in the Heptagonal Dinghy Regatta. The Crimson had 81 points, 13 behind Tufts, the winner. M.I.T. had 88 points, and host Coast Guard 83, a scant two above the Crimson...
...Last week, 18 months after its first issue, Editor Chamberlain reported that the Freeman had taken some big steps toward its goal. At a time when most magazines of opinion are struggling to keep alive, its circulation has been increasing 1,000 a month, from a scant 6,000 to almost...
...sled-dog tradition and training, would stay on the beaten path. Shamus did him proud. At the last minute Shamus saw the cat, but swerved resolutely away from temptation, and carried the heads-down pack with him. Shamus' faithful maneuver saved Driver Shearer the title-by a scant minute and 19 seconds. Elapsed time, for three 19-mile races against twelve other teams: 4 hrs. 22 min. 57 sec.-about 13 m.p.h. over a hill & dale course...