Word: scanting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...early part of Apollo 11 's epic journey had been as uneventful as the later part was suspenseful. Lift-off was nearly perfect. Rising Phoenix-like above its own exhaust flames, a scant 724 milliseconds behind schedule, the giant rocket shook loose some 1,300 Ibs. of ice that had frozen on its white sides. Although it was the heaviest space vehicle ever fired aloft?6,484,289 Ibs. at ignition?it cleared the launch tower in twelve seconds...
Mboya had many political enemies on the right as well as the left. He also had personal enemies, for he could be arrogant, brittle and ruthless in political infighting. As a Luo, Mboya was given only a scant chance to succeed Kenyatta, a member of the country's dominant Kikuyu tribe. His talents were such, however, that he might have been assassinated to head off any possibility of his presidency. Kenyatta described his death as "a loss to Kenya, to Africa and the world...
...still obscure, the pesticide apparently sends the mother bird's liver into a frenzy of enzyme production. The excess enzymes break down such steroids as estrogen that are essential to the manufacture of calcium. Lacking adequate calcium, the bird's eggs emerge thin-shelled and flaky, offering scant protection for the embryo. In at least one instance, reports the National Audubon Society, which has just joined the public crusade against DDT, a bald-eagle egg was found on the shores of Lake Superior with no shell at all-just a fragile membrane. According to University of Wisconsin Ecologist...
...Judiciary Committee hearing was routine, Floor discussion was for the most part amiable, taking only a scant three hours last week before the Senate voted 74 to 3 to approve the nomination of Warren Earl Burger as Chief Justice of the United States. He will be sworn in when the Supreme Court concludes its current term...
...viewers to see the orange-and-white segments of the parachutes and pick out details of the rescue helicopters hovering protectively like giant fireflies, their bright running lights flashing on and off. Finally, precisely eight days, three minutes and 25 seconds after its lift-off from Cape Kennedy-a scant 35 seconds less than the total time calculated for the entire mission by planners six months ago -Charlie Brown splashed safely into the warm waters...