Word: scant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Wieland's garden was scant and ghostly, was seen only through a veil. He marched his knights of the Grail in from the depths of the huge (200 ft.) stage in near darkness. But even traditionalists had to admit that the result of it all was a Parsifal of strong simplicity, rich with the mystery of its Grail theme. Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch and the orchestra gave a faultless musical performance, and young (30) U.S. Bass-Baritone George London sang a magnificent Amfortas. Glowed Wagner Biographer Ernest Newman, 82, critic of the London Sunday Times and a Bayreuth regular...
...bill made scant effort to dry up excess spending power-the biggest source of inflationary pressure-with heavier excise taxes on consumer goods. It provided only a $1.3 billion boost in excise taxes, v, the $3 billion the Treasury had sought. In boosting income taxes, the committee tailored its formula to favor the lower-income groups, although Treasury Secretary John Snyder had said the biggest boost should be made there. The bill...
...coxswain for the boat Bolles rowed in while the two were at Washington University, Love claims he now weighs only 140 pounds, a scant 10 pounds above his poundage in his college coxswain days...
Cinemactor Gary Cooper and wife "Rocky" did not bother to give a reason for their separation. After 17 years of a marriage which had provided gossip writers with scant copy, except for some recent whispers of a shy romance between Gary and his leading lady Patricia (The Fountainhead) Neal, the family lawyer announced that they would divide their property and part. Said Rocky: "I am a Catholic and I will never divorce Gary. I do not believe in divorce...
Harvard victory over the Engineers was the second in two weeks and came by a scant two points, 145-143. Boston College was a surprise third with...