Word: scanted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...comparison with the extraordinarily careful preparations made by the U. S. the English expedition appears typically casual. They have one plane instead of four, only one or two officers sent ahead, scant Government help for what is purely a private venture. Still MacLaren is a very experienced pilot, his plans have been laid carefully in advance, he has the advantage of a plane which, with its retractible landing wheels, is just as much at home on water as on land...
Professor Mcllwaine makes out a very good case, but one that is in many, places open to attack. His Irish analogy, for example, is somewhat strained in places. He passes over with scant attention the imperiousness and contempt of George III for the colonies. He does not emphasize the fact that the colonial struggle was one phase of the general struggle throughout the British possessions for representative self-government, was, as Professor Hart puts it (Formation of the Union) "a part of the struggle between popular and autocratic principles of government in England". In short, Professor Mcllwaine's interpretation...
...Howland: "Scant courtesy...
...proposed innovation has been brought up because of the scant attendance at daily chapel. From statistics obtained from J. D. Jameson '24, chairman of the Chapel committee, a CRIMSON reporter has averaged the weekly attendance of the year and found it to be under 65. During the month of November, 1923, the average attendance was 68. The average in December was raised to over 75 due to the presence of the Rev. H. E. Fosdick, who conducted chapel during the second week. The attendance on the Sunday he preached jumped to 550, whereas on the previous Sunday...
...engagement. The 38 to 16 Harvard triumph surprised the team's most sanguine supporters fully as much as it did the Green invaders, who were completely outplayed from the first whistle to the last. St. Francis College two days later gave the Crimson a real scare, losing by a scant point in a hard-fought fray...