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All three major indexes fell more than 1% for a second consecutive week as there were scant signs of de-escalation.
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All three major indexes fell more than 1% for a second consecutive week as there were scant signs of de-escalation.
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Saqib said conditions there were worse than at other detention centers, with little food and scant access to legal resources.
But this is scant consolation for many Americans hit by even a temporary bout of price increases.
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Venezuela pumped 3 million barrels of viscous crude a day in the 1990s, but its output has fallen to 900,000 barrels a day after years of scant investment.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
