Word: scanted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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News of the impending birth of a baby conceived in a test tube caused scant surprise-or suspicion-among scientists and doctors. That was a far cry from their reaction last March, when they challenged as a "fraud" and a "hoax" a book called In His Image that claimed a baby boy had been cloned from a 67-year-old millionaire. The difference was that the test-tube fertilization had been performed by two respected scientists whose accomplishments and progress had been described in many published papers. But Image did not identify the clone or the cloner, and offered...
...provocative). A young black couple who named their newborn infant Vuyolweth, ("our happiness" in Xhosa language) were criticized by friends for picking such a joyful name in such sad times. Recent elections for seats on a new Community Council to replace the old Urban Bantu Council drew a scant 6% of Soweto's 137,000 eligible voters. David Thebehali, 40, head of the council, won with a total of 97 votes...
...some old folks with scant savings, inflation means hardship. Helen Ferrone, 68, a retired apartment-house manager, exhausted most of her savings during her late husband's long siege with cancer. Now, struggling to live on Social Security, she is trying to reduce the $60 a month that she must spend on medicines for a variety of ailments. Says she: "When I'm having a good day I try to cut down on the painkillers for my arthritis, though the doctor says I shouldn't, because the medicine should stay in my bloodstream all the time...
...Scant attention is paid to the deeper issues beneath the student riots, which were responsible for the sympathy they evoked in less radical students. In one of the more personal comments Pusey allows himself to make in the book, he alludes to his feeling of betrayal, not only by the student body but by the Harvard Faculty as well, who criticized him for his isolation from campus opinion and his response to the SDS occupation of University Hall...
...peace negotiations−highlighted by Dayan's trip to Washington, to be followed by Begin's visit this week−resumed but made little headway. After nearly six hours of talks with Vance and 90 minutes with National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, Dayan left the Administration with scant hope of a break in the diplomatic stalemate. At issue in the talks were the interpretation of an old document, U.N. Resolution 242, and the formulation of a new one, a declaration of principles to govern a comprehensive Middle East peace settlement. The real question: whether Israel is obligated...