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Word: scanted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Everyone who last had a say in the decision to limit the rise in this year's board charge did so because they believed the Food Services Department would have a surplus, which could make up for the scant 2.3-per-cent increase in students' bills. Unfortunately, food prices don't listen to Harvard administrators...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Next Year: Through the Roof | 1/12/1979 | See Source »

Junior center Ross Brownridge tallied first for Dartmouth a scant 1:08 into the game. Brownridge, a second-team all-Ivy performer last season, stole the puck in the Dartmouth zone and, working a give-and-go with wing Rick Ryerson, went down the left wing boards and drove a slap shot by Lau from just inside the blue line...

Author: By Bill Scheft, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Dartmouth Spanks Icemen in Season Opener, 7-2 | 11/22/1978 | See Source »

...beginning assistant professor, but they should tell him or her frankly whether the post could lead to tenure," he says. Prospective junior faculty should understand that Harvard's biggest neglect of the undergraduate may frustrate any teaching efforts and that Harvard's tenure policy offers junior faculty scant hope of attaining senior rank...

Author: By Susand D. Chira, | Title: Standing Room Only | 11/16/1978 | See Source »

Rocco Antonelli is the Democratic candidate. Antonelli scored a big victory in the primary by defeating pre-primary favorite John Twomey and five other aspirants by a scant 4000 votes. The victory was the result of Antonelli's being--you guessed it--first on the ballot due to the departure of aging James Brennan as county treasurer, and also the fact that Antonelli was the only Certified Public Accountant in the entire field of budget watchers...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Why did the Republican Cross the Road? | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

Sarkis still hopes to persuade the Arab League to order a reduction in the number of Syrian troops in his country. But he received scant encouragement during his visits to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other Arab nations. Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Fahd, for example, promised P.L.O. Leader Arafat that the Saudis - who also bankroll the Christian militias - would "absolutely" continue their support of the opponent Palestinians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LEBANON: The Christians Under Siege | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

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