Word: scant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Scant Help. In his efforts to pacify the Egyptians, Sadat has so far received scant help from his Arab friends. Muammar Gaddafi, leader of neighboring Libya, last week marked the eighth anniversary of the Palestinian guerrilla movement with a speech in which he called for a united Arab front to annihilate Israel. It was hard to tell whether the pronouncement should be taken seriously. Gaddafi often improvises Libyan foreign policy as he speaks, and his erratic, impassioned rhetoric is largely discounted, even by his allies. Not so the actions of Syria, Sadat's other partner in the embryonic three...
...scant three pages later, he gets caught in his own contradiction: ". . .members of scholarly faculties. . . must in future be willing to exchange work on mission-oriented research" for financial support. In other words, Harvard is to finance its "Independent" pursuit of knowledge by working for the government--hardly a sensible or "harmlessly" undemocratic idea...
...signing and Thieu's protests, Hanoi broke the secrecy of the agreement and broadcast a summary of its provisions, warning of grave consequences if the U.S. did not sign on Oct. 31. The disclosure was aimed at forcing the U.S. to adhere to the original deal despite Thieu. Scant hours earlier, Kissinger said that he believed there would be a cease-fire in "a few weeks...
Pastoral and elegiac in mood, Duo for Flute and Piano is a chamber-music gem that should become a staple of the scant flute literature. In it, Copland returns to the comparatively simple harmonic and melodic world of Appalachian Spring, though the piece is far from simple to play. "Ai-yai-yai-yai-yai! Copland cried out repeatedly at the recording session as he missed one or another of his own notes. A few feet away, Shaffer smiled sweetly back, having nothing to swear about, since she misses a note about as often as the sun fails to come...
...With scant evidence to back their argument, independent bankers charge that absentee-owned branch banks, left unchecked, will wipe them out, dominate the country's economy and put profit above personal service and the local community's needs. They contend that society is healthier when control of credit is as diffuse as possible. John Harris, president of Callaway Bank of Fulton, Mo., asks: "If you were a holding company bank and money was tight, who would you take care of first-your little guy from Boonville or your big corporate customer?" Adds Allen Stults, past president...