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Third quarter consumer spending is on track for only a scant gain, if COVID cases keep falling and sentiment turns positive, there is scope for a more solid finish to this tumultuous year. – Tim Quinlan	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
This has big implications for drought mitigation measures for different water districts, many of which are working hard not only to manage the impacts of this drought, but to invest in longer-term adaptive measures to be resilient to more droughts like this in the future, given scant resources to do both, these water districts need our support. – Justin Mankin	Found on CNN 2 years ago
There’s scant evidence that these lockdowns do a whole lotta good. – Mike Pompeo	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I was shocked at the scant response to our original lengthy and evidence-based complaint, which was to simply refer us back to the IOC Executive Committee, the very subject of our ethical complaint. – Michael Polak	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Eight days after a federal judge ordered the Trump Administration to immediately begin the process of reuniting the children they put in cages back with their families, there's scant evidence that a comprehensive plan to do just that has been developed, congressional oversight of this matter has already been proven to be critical in ensuring that the Administration's constant abuses are held in check, that the law is being obeyed, and that taxpayers' resources are not being squandered. – Drew Hammill	Found on CNN 5 years ago
In light of the scant evidence connecting Penalver to this murder and the consequent importance of identifying the individual depicted on the videotape in sunglasses and hat, we conclude that the improperly admitted evidence and the State's suggestion that the defense tampered with or suborned perjury by an identification witness meet the cumulative error requirements outlined above and require reversal. – The Florida Supreme Court	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There is scant evidence to suggest that the era of exceptionally low rates of inflation with multiple episodes of deflation has ended. – Derek Holt at Scotiabank	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

Third quarter consumer spending is on track for only a scant gain, if COVID cases keep falling and sentiment turns positive, there is scope for a more solid finish to this tumultuous year.

– Tim Quinlan

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

This has big implications for drought mitigation measures for different water districts, many of which are working hard not only to manage the impacts of this drought, but to invest in longer-term adaptive measures to be resilient to more droughts like this in the future, given scant resources to do both, these water districts need our support.

– Justin Mankin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There’s scant evidence that these lockdowns do a whole lotta good.

– Mike Pompeo

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I was shocked at the scant response to our original lengthy and evidence-based complaint, which was to simply refer us back to the IOC Executive Committee, the very subject of our ethical complaint.

– Michael Polak

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Eight days after a federal judge ordered the Trump Administration to immediately begin the process of reuniting the children they put in cages back with their families, there's scant evidence that a comprehensive plan to do just that has been developed, congressional oversight of this matter has already been proven to be critical in ensuring that the Administration's constant abuses are held in check, that the law is being obeyed, and that taxpayers' resources are not being squandered.

– Drew Hammill

Found on CNN
5 years ago

In light of the scant evidence connecting Penalver to this murder and the consequent importance of identifying the individual depicted on the videotape in sunglasses and hat, we conclude that the improperly admitted evidence and the State's suggestion that the defense tampered with or suborned perjury by an identification witness meet the cumulative error requirements outlined above and require reversal.

– The Florida Supreme Court

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There is scant evidence to suggest that the era of exceptionally low rates of inflation with multiple episodes of deflation has ended.

– Derek Holt at Scotiabank

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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