Statistics are scant regarding cell phone safety in cars, and there's some suspicion that the core problem is cell-phone conversations, not hand-held cell phones per se.
And the "good" half -- with its scant electricity, no phones, no mail, a 10 p.m. curfew and only a bare minimum of food -- looks like a caravan ghost town.
Here were the two irreconcilable faces of Labour, eager young London graduates on the phone making scant headway with older traditional voters of Nottingham, impervious to love letters from Der Spiegel or heartfelt warnings that Labour people, Labour areas, would pay the price for Brexit self-destruction.
Details are scant, but the new phone is said to have an Nvidia Tegra series chip, 480×272 screen, HDMI out and weighs in at a lightweight 2.45 ounces.
But, as the report acknowledges, there is scant evidence that bulk collection of phone data has played an essential role in preventing terrorism.
On the one hand, we are getting bread and circuses, vast freebies unimaginable scant years ago -- free e-mail, phone calls and maps, acres of picture space.
Research on the dangers of cell phone use in cars is scant, as many law enforcement agencies do not yet collect data on whether use of a cell phone contributed to an accident.
Meanwhile Coogan is on the phone to the distant Mischa, offering scant support for her job prospects and reacting with jealousy when she tells him about positive developments.
No official had asked us for our phone number," said Samuel, a mechanic, whose scant earnings means he shares a single phone with his wife, Rebecca.
It is noteworthy that the MBIA guarantee has helped make possible the funding of loans to all manner of seedy characters, from phone companies to mobile-home dwellers, with scant loss so far to MBIA.
