Word: scant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...young. His life very much deserves the attention drawn to it by this new book. As pure history, the book will undoubtedly be sneered at by many. As simply a story, however, it is captivating. And as a tale of commitment and idealism told in a age that pays scant attention to those on the outside, it offers hope...
...wages are $1,000, he adds a mere $167.98 to the family income. Although other economists have shown that changes in taxes and benefits have little effect on poor people's motivation to work, Laffer argues that the system clearly provides scant incentive to get off welfare...
...alone improve it. "They have paid much more attention to finance, marketing, mergers and tax manipulation," says he. Few production men have risen to the top in modern business; the accountants reign in the executive aeries. The business schools and their brightly minted M.B.A.s sense the trend and pay scant attention to productivity, Grayson observes. "Hardly any courses are given in production and efficiency...
...former leader of Britain's Liberal Party was driven last week to the police station in the small Somerset town of Minehead. A court clerk asked whether his name was John Jeremy Thorpe. The answer was an all but inaudible "It is." Following a hearing that lasted a scant 21 minutes, the slight, dapper Thorpe, 49, was released on $10,000 bail after being formally charged with conspiracy to murder. The alleged target: Norman Scott, 37, a down-and-out male model who 2½ years ago publicly claimed that he and Thorpe had had a homosexual relationship...
...federal employee wearing a postal uniform and one wearing a Navy uniform?" It is on logic like this that Impact Aid will again glide through Congress. Yet until Congress and the public realize that Impact Aid is not funny money but comes from taxes on everyone, there is scant hope of controlling federal spending...