Throughout the thirties, forties — and, for that matter, through the early sixties, until he was nearly fifty — Bellow pieced together an income with freelance teaching jobs, freelance writing jobs, grants, fellowships, lectures, and scant advances (which nonetheless left him thousands of dollars in debt to his publisher).
— the scant plot advances at a glacial pace.
But there is scant evidence that these advances are changing politics to the extent advertised.
Despite these limitations, we believe that our study advances the scant literature in the area of the financial and clinical impact of care management programs for diabetes.
Cheeseparing advances, marketplace invisibility, scant prospect of reaching more than a handful of readers -- more than enough reasons for a writer not to get up in the morning, or to peel off into magazine work or teaching.
Incredibly, the media have paid scant attention to the extraordinary advances being made with stem cells gained from adults or other nonembryo sources.
With little notice or promotion, advance critical reaction was scant.
Announced with little advance notice, such limited runs have scant time to strike deals with groups of theatergoers, whose bulk purchases are essential to making money on Broadway.
This study adds to the scant literature examining costs associated with treating advanced-stage prostate cancer.
The sanctions, driven by the desire to isolate and punish Iran, have scant international support and have made it more difficult to advance our interests in the region around Iran.
