Word: scanted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...president of Yale in 1963 after Kennedy talked Bundy out of accepting the job. He became president of the Ford Foundation (which in a different world would have come later, after being Secretary of State), wrote a thoughtful tome on the relationship between the atom bomb and diplomacy (with scant mention of Vietnam), and headed a Carnegie Corporation project studying nuclear proliferation...
...time of political stagnation and feebleness, Lebed's successful peace negotiations in Chechnya have given him an aura of dynamism. Phenomenally popular among the public, deeply disliked by the governing elite, Lebed has to all intents and purposes already launched his presidential campaign. But he has handicaps--a scant political base and even less financial support. And his unpredictable, at times imperious ways make it difficult for him to keep the few allies...
...often asked after a Baghdad trip why these hard-pressed people don't rebel against Saddam. The middle class has fallen the furthest and would seem to be a vast pool of potential discontent. But U.S. agents have attempted to stir them to rebellion with scant success. That the middle class is not in a revolutionary mood is understandable when you pair the severe U.N. economic sanctions with the government's preoccupation with protecting its internal security. Their priority is the struggle for sustenance for themselves and their families, a daily struggle that leaves little room for other than dreaming...
Politically Incorrect also featured lively commentary from Chris Rock. "If it was really our land," he said, in a swipe at Republican immigration policy, "it wouldn't be called San Diego." The networks are likely to offer scant coverage of next week's Democratic National Convention in Chicago; happily, Comedy Central will be there...
Disneyland: No visit to L.A. would be complete without paying homage to the place where, "When you wish upon a star," "it doesn't matter who you are." It likes us, it really, really likes us; and at $32.00 a pop per adult ticket, it has scant reason not to. Fill up before you go, though, or bring along bottled water and snacks, or the fortune you spend on food and drink will preclude you from finishing your Harvard education. All that energy also comes in handy when you're bombarded with aggressive, line-cutting tykes, or stampeded by Mickey...