Word: scanted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Instead, we are reveling in the glory of a 19-1 regular season. The heroic Floyd S. Stahl had just led the Crimson to its finest season ever. A scant two seasons before, Stahl led Harvard to its worst start in basketball history (0-9). (Remember, the present has yet to happen...
Scholars frequently belittle CNN for its unscholarly haste and supposed shallowness. In place of slowly mulled research from experts steeped in their field, CNN delivers raw news. It features live events, bulletins and studios full of talking heads, often with scant analysis. CNN came into being just as the Big Three American networks were moving away from their tradition of in- house experts, and the new network set the pace. CNN anchors are apt to be more trained in the mechanics of television than in the nuances of the many subjects they discuss. The reporting ranks number mostly workaday generalists...
...Scant minutes after Mercer has been skewered by the defense, Dunleavy escorts her back to her car, then glides past rows of press cameras with a proud grin on his face. At one point the Current Affair star is overheard chatting with a colleague on the mobile phone. Then he abruptly breaks off and says conspiratorially, "I'll call you back later on a safe line...
...kites were sent up to observe weather conditions. In 1936 it came under the control of the U.S. Bureau of Mines, which began to dig an experimental mine into the mountain 250 ft. to 300 ft. below the surface along an east-west axis. The tunnel, which extended a scant quarter-mile and measured 7 ft. wide by 6 1/2 ft. high, provided the opening for what would later be expanded into an underground complex of offices and living quarters...
...disturbing case of Dr. Jacobson underscores a problem that has plagued the booming field of infertility medicine. Doctors can claim to be experts on the basis of scant experience or training. There is no board certification and little regulation. Now Jacobson has single-handedly made it time for the Federal Government and organized medicine to crack down on those who prey on the infertile...