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Details are scant, but according to French media the scheme would be voluntary, remunerated and last 10 months.

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In her sentencing remarks at the Old Bailey, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said there was "scant personal mitigation".

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Franco's legacy continues to split society, with experts warning that inaccurate social media content has spurred a positive opinion among young people with scant knowledge of the period.

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Of course she did not know how to ride, for without a pony of her own to practice on she had had scant opportunity to learn.

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The 34-year-old, with scant managerial experience, will have to manage a famously ungovernable city in all of its vast complexity.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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