Word: barely
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...National Public Radio's Living on Earth. A significant number of studies cast doubt onto the effectiveness of forests in absorbing carbon, and Jeffrey Jenkins, a highly respected researcher sponsored by the British Government, even proposed a theory showing the opposite effect: planting trees in northern latitudes on previously bare land will darken the Earth's surface. Darker areas absorb more sunlight which will increase the Earth's temperatures. This might completely offset and even reverse the positive effects of trees decreasing the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere...
...Acela Express zooms along the New England coastline at up to 150 m.p.h., bare trees and backyards flying by, it's hard to believe that the nation's first high-speed train is really the work of Amtrak. Where is the sluggish, lurching ride we've come to count on--and curse--from the nation's famously floundering passenger-rail operator...
...bulk of our initial fundraising was spent on paying debts from the summer before," Guzman says. "We were trying to operate on a bare minimum. But, yes, it ran relatively smoothly...
...After those two, though, the cupboard is mostly bare for the Elis. Yale's third-leading receiver is its fullback, junior James Keppel...
...addition to tales of all-night writing and aides' squabbling over credit, Waldman spoke of President Clinton's "incredible range of oratorical knowledge" and "love for the podium." "We'd hand him a bare outline of points to make and policies to explain, and he'd 'pretty it up,' with detail and argument tailored to the mood of the audience. We'd give him Hemingway, and he'd turn it into Faulkner...