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Jabs were scarce; instead, the fight descended into clinches from Clarke and heavy leaning from TKV, with lunging, telegraphed punches punctuating the action.

His father was a coal miner, but those jobs, he said, are scarcer and less stable than before.

While there are far fewer biographies of Franco than, for instance, of Churchill, books about the Spanish strongman are hardly scarce.

“It’s not meant to be an asset, but it has become a scarce resource,” Lawrence said.

But electricity supplies are still scarce in Bamako and most districts only have about six hours of power per day or even less.