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Nevertheless, the diplomacy-in-public that Johnson unleashed last week did not seem particularly well suited to the delicate manipulations necessary to setting up meaningful peace talks. Worse, with the scantiest justification it built high hopes throughout the world that peace in Viet Nam might really be imminent, when...
...Some companies give only the scantiest information to stockholders. Unlike companies listed on stock exchanges, an estimated 25% of the nation's 14,000 over-the-counter companies do not make regular reports to stockholders on sales earnings and trading by insiders. The SEC wants to apply to them-and to banks and insurance companies as well-the same disclosure regulations that apply to exchange stocks...
There is only the scantiest evidence that Chester Bowles was politely sacked in President Kennedy's recent reshuffling of the State Department. Bowles himself, for what it's worth, protests that he is very happy with his new position as a special presidential adviser, and his supporters must keep their silence...
...Sperchios River to wash them clear of salt and alkali. For generations, no local farmer even bothered to put his plow to the 9,000 useless acres of the plain, and even those who worked the stingy lands on its edge were forced to content themselves with only the scantiest yields...
...Bastille Day vacation swelled the crowds that plowed up the fine beach, cheered as postwar merveilleuses displayed the world's scantiest bathing suits and vied in U.S.-style beauty contests. At the Bar du Soleil, Englishmen paid 200 francs for a thimbleful of whiskey. At the Hotel Normandy guests paid 1,200 francs for a room. Restaurants charged 200 francs for a dinner of soup, eggs or fish, one vegetable, one peach...