Word: scant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hunched little man in a dark suit walked into Munro's hardware store in Edmonton last week and asked for 80 feet of seven-eighths inch sisal rope. The woman clerk who waited on him paid scant attention to the $11 sale. So far as she knew, the wispy customer was just another farmer, in town for the day, buying rope to break a balky horse or fix a hay lift in the barn...
More specifically, said Ewing: "A scant 20% of our people are able to afford all the medical care they need. About half our families-those with incomes of $3,000 or less-find it hard, if not impossible, to pay for even routine medical care. Another 30% of American families with incomes between $3,000 and $5,000 would have to make great sacrifices or go into debt to meet the costs of a severe or chronic illness...