Word: scintilla
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...only enjoyed his friendship but followed his trials day by day, and not one scintilla of evidence was introduced to show him guilty, a fact agreed upon by both District Attorney Brady and the judges before which he appeared...
...print illustrations, but does that justify the exasperating fashion of pluming the advertising pagers with item of intercollegiate news, which in their place would be all very well? The great trouble with this number is that it is practically a corpse; hardly a sign of life, handily a scintilla of style, is to be found in the whole copy; and although the Illustrated may make an excellent "record," it can never be much as an influence among us so long as it entirely disdains the graces of style...
...difficult to approach the subject of British interference in our tariff legislation with seriousness. There is not a scintilla of evidence that any influence had been exerted from that quarter. It is a ridiculous idea that the Cobden Club has ever used its influence to establish free trade in the United States. The truth is that the tariff reform agitation is hindered because its advocates have not a personal interest in the matter. In fact, nothing would so hurt the British manufacturer as the lowering of the duty on certain articles which enter into the manufacture of many commodities...