Senegal, which has scant natural resources, is struggling to find ways of developing its economy.
But even with Arab diplomatic cover, it is unclear whether the opposition, which has scant influence with rebels fighting in Syria, some of them linked to al Qaeda, will attend.
Yet West Nile threatens not only humans, he notes, but large mammals and birds like the bald eagle and the peregrine falcon, which have scant populations.
New employment data, which had scant effect on the stock market, was also largely set aside by the bond market, which tends to rise on poor economic news that portends lower interest rates.
At the end of the Cold War, he had realized that Bulgaria's weapons manufacturers, which had scant access to the global market, needed someone to "help them make connections to the world".
Established in 1968 as a forum for African and African-American art, which had scant mainstream visibility at the time, it has organized some 30 exhibitions of African art.
E-commerce seemed like a possibility, but it also seemed like a risky experiment for the stations within the Public Broadcasting Service and the National Public Radio network, which had scant retail expertise.
Our brief sampling of the sizable, economically priced menu included fried clam strips, which had scant flavor but came with freshly made cole slaw and a mountain of delicious French fries for $8.99.
It is clear that sanctions have not only failed to achieve their aims, they could well have made the situation worse by increasing the anti-Western paranoia of the military leader Than Shwe, providing the regime with a useful enemy, and increasing the influence of neighboring states, notably China, which have scant regard for democracy or are driven entirely by commercial interests.
Nevertheless, by shedding light on the NSA, a rather obscure government entity which has received scant public scrutiny, Greenwald deserves a lot of credit.
Mr. Bush vowed to pursue evidence of those weapons, which has been scant, "no matter how long it takes".
