He recently found six copies of a scarce mid-19th century Japanese travel book at prices ranging from $30 to $1,250.
My print column this week looks at women: LexingtonThe scarcer sexApr 7th 2012 | from the print edition ALL of a sudden, or so it seems, the gripping yarn that was the Republican presidential primary is running out of plot twists.
Legends were usually in rhyming couplets; gold was scarce until the 18th century.
When Sweat Became Scarce With the 20th century came spectacular innovations in agriculture and food processing that made food cheaper, easier, more abundant and more calorie-dense than ever before.
The East End is heavily wooded today, but Ms. Foster said trees were scarce on the 17th-century South Fork, fueling her suspicion that the Mulford House came from Massachusetts.
Though details on the film are relatively scarce, America's 22nd-coolest president certainly lived a movie-worthy existence.
Indeed, Democratic senators are scarce anywhere below the 37th Parallel and east of the Rockies: if you draw a line from the southern border of Colorado to the Atlantic Coast in Virginia, the only states that have any are New Mexico, Missouri, Virginia, and Florida.
However, due to high demand and scarce resources, the U.S. 1st Marine Aircraft Wing simply did not have the flexibility to provide the support required by the soldiers at Ngok Tavak.
Among some global warming skeptics, there is speculation that the Sun may be on the verge of falling into an extended slumber similar to the so-called Maunder Minimum, several sunspot-scarce decades during the 17th and 18th centuries that coincided with an extended chilly period.
In Brazil, where voters will cast first-round ballots on October 5th, they remain scarce.
