As a former governor of a small state and with scant national name recognition, Dr. Dean began his campaign nearly two years ago as the longest of long shots, never expecting to be, as he now says daily, the front-runner "picking buckshot out of his rear".
Pioneer hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt is angry that the bailout of America is eroding the nation's capitalist ethos while those whose deeds crippled the U.S. economy suffer scant opprobrium, their names still untarnished".
The complex of proteins involved in this information processing is known to neuroanatomists as the post-synaptic density, because the proteins stick together as a visible blob, but the name does scant justice to its critical function.
Many of these prisoners are unknown outside of the human rights community, and even the PPD has scant details beyond a name and, sometimes, an occupation.
Congressman Paul Ryan, well known in Washington for his cost-cutting budget plan, w as one big name with scant support at just 4percentt.
In an informal survey of undergraduates conducted by me and several colleagues (at a university and a community college), we found that while some students have some awareness of polio, there was scant recognition of the name Jonas Salk.
The report did not identify their religion, although their Uighur names left scant doubt that they were Muslims.
Conversations between the two sides have been scant since Carol Bartz was named Yahoo's chief executive in January.
Producer Meryl Comer, who launched both campaigns, started the project after a 2008 survey revealed a scant 4% of Americans could name a living scientist.
