Word: scant
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...scant attention the mainstream American press devotes to any hurricane’s path through the impoverished islands of the Caribbean is certainly frustrating. But because of the grievous destruction in both human and material terms, Jeanne seems a particularly outrageous case—almost all attention was focused on far less deadly damage to southern Florida. After all, it’s a swing state...
...each ibuprofen pill. Uninsured and living mainly on her husband Joe's $800-a-month pension at the time, she says she tried to negotiate a payment plan, but the hospital refused. Provena won a judgment, and today the couple pays $100 in monthly installments, with scant hope of paying off their $27,000 in hospital bills (owed not just to Provena). Says Joe, 63: "We didn't go in expecting charity, but we didn't expect exorbitant prices either...
...opener against Marist, the Lafayette ground attack was rolling to the tune of 289 yards on 56 carries and a time of possession of nearly 35 minutes. But the following week, Georgetown shut the Leopards down, allowing a scant 2.8 yards per carry...
...book is dense with melodramatic passages such as "I wanted to say that no one could plug the hole in my heart, that it was lost, that it was lonely." Chun's characters aspire to be individuals but can hardly be distinguished from one another, and the author offers scant insight into what drives them, other than their erratic mood swings...
Chang said Lin came to Boston on July 8 with a mutual friend—but only en route did Lin reveal that he had no intention of returning home. Lin arrived in Boston with no place to stay and scant funds, Chang said...