If there existed a smattering of cynicism from sceptics before the tournament, there was only optimism here.
These schools, a smattering of which now exist in cities across the country, have several years of data to support their encouraging stories.
In the summer of 2011, when President Martelly, a Haitian musical star with no political experience, was struggling to put together a government, he was also grappling with the unavoidable fact that a smattering of housing reconstruction projects existed only on paper while a humanitarian crisis lay at his doorstep in the form of a huge, wretched tent camp in the central Champ de Mars.
But they do exist, in a smattering of tourism businesses, industrial ventures, schools and human rights organizations.
Before Snider brought the Flyers into being 44 years ago when the N.H.L. expanded to 12 teams from its Original Six, the city's hockey history consisted of the Philadelphia Quakers, who played in the league in 1930-31, and a smattering of minor league teams that existed spasmodically until 1964.
A smattering of boos could be heard as the close.
To John Ridley, that might be a "smattering".
So all the gas that exists in the universe now has a smattering of heavier elements, which allow it to cool more easily.
A smattering of watches also can be viewed.
They were and remain primarily a collection of stores, with a smattering of restaurants and entertainment thrown in, but basically they exist for people to come there to shop and buy.
A smattering of applause.
