The richness of the West Africa play was scarcely obvious when Musselman began looking at Triton as a possible takeover target in 1997.

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Mr Brown likes to give the impression that he has saved the country from rampant inflation, even though it was scarcely racing when he took office.

ECONOMIST: Singing in the rain

Bill Gates was scarcely past puberty when he started Microsoft.

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He started reviewing books for the New Republic in 1933 and became that magazine's film critic in 1934, at a time when scarcely anyone else in America was writing regularly about movies.

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TERRYTOWN, Louisiana (CNN) -- Allen Guthrie could scarcely believe his eyes when he saw his son's modest three-bedroom home in Jefferson Parish that was torn apart by Hurricane Katrina.

CNN: Rebuilding homes, rebuilding lives

Scarcely a day goes by when some foreign leader, commentator or activist doesn't say that being pro-Israel doesn't mean being pro-Israeli government.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: With friends like these

Scarcely have they left the compound and walked a hundred meters when she slows down, covers her head more appropriately with a plain scarf as the Islamic tradition dictates, and stays ten or so meters behind Zaak.

NPR: Somalia's Farah: Humanizing a Broken Place

True, a conflict already exists in GE's ownership of CNBC, but that is scarcely a defence: CNBC journalists typically handle it with mock deference when they interview GE's chief executive, Jeff Immelt.

ECONOMIST: News Corp is the best buyer in sight for Dow Jones

When the Meuse River froze during winter, resourceful women fried potatoes in place of scarcely available fish.

BBC: Chipping away at the history of fish and chips