Word: scanted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Latino and Asian American voices have not been marginalized, then it is doubtful that their presences would be so scant in literary canons, in reading lists, or in course offerings. Within Choi's conception of the un-marginalized position of Latino and Asian Americans, only one explanation can account for the lack of those voices: that those groups are not capable of producing academic work of a quality high enough to be studies at institutions like Harvard. Would anyone dare support a statement so narrowly prejudiced...
Mike Doonesbury said it best: "Ever feel like you were perfectly educated for the Bronze Age?" More than one Harvard senior has looked into the future recently and understood. It does sometimes seem like Harvard gives scant preparation for the Real World. Expos, the Core, the QRR--these have little relevance to your average senior in search of some direction...
...evidence linking caesareans to malpractice fears was scant -- until a new report in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Scientists analyzed data on 60,490 births at New York hospitals and insurance premiums paid by doctors in various regions. Their finding: the odds of having a caesarean section were three times as great in areas where premiums -- and the frequency of suits -- were high as in regions where malpractice costs are lower. Critics charge that as many as half a million caesareans each year are medically unnecessary...
...just part of the story: only about 10% of those infected ever come to a doctor's attention. The rest have either no noticeable symptoms or mild cases that they mistake for a cold or flu. Though . valley fever, which has been known for a hundred years, has received scant attention outside the Southwest, the current epidemic is changing that. Last week the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta issued a warning to physicians nationwide to be on the alert for the disease in patients who may have become infected while traveling...
...Clinton shows scant need to surround himself with yes-men and -women. Panetta has been skeptical about the President-elect's oft promised middle-class tax cut, and Rivlin departs from Clinton orthodoxy with her suggestion that states should run public-works programs. Perhaps this will be a combative Administration after all. (See related story on page...