Word: scantness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
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...
...world with scant belief in mythology or true religion, it is not surprising that the art of medicine is suffering. Our materialistic view of the world makes our bodies seem like something mechanical. So we go to the doctor the same way we take our car in for repairs. No wonder we feel so empty. ROBERTO TAKAOKA Sao Paulo, Brazil...
None of this is likely to end anytime soon. Professional peacemakers such as the U.N.'s put scant effort into ratcheting down the war; it is perceived as too complicated, too Islamic, too out of the way. The vacuum allows regional powers--Pakistan, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and India--to back one side or another, prolonging the conflict as they seek to extend their influence. Such meddling infuriates Afghans, but some reserve a special anger for America. They believe the U.S. has turned its back on the country it once supported, indifferent to its suffering. "Those friends who armed...
...took nearly two years for the hit rock musical Rent to get from workshop to Broadway, but its sassy, sexy downtown look will be available retail this week--a scant nine days after its Broadway opening night--when Bloomingdale's opens a Rent boutique in Manhattan...