| By the 1920s a state-subsidized system of grain elevators, silos, and storage at railheads helped to ease the cycle of glut and scarcity. |
| Self-governing bodies are ready to pay whatever amount for the purpose of meeting scarcity of water in needy places. |
| Knowing everything the price system communicates about relative scarcity, would Jesus drive a gas-sipping econobox? |
| The telexes could be used to obtain intelligence about where scarcities were worst, and where people were still working who could alleviate them. |
| The blown-up bridges had not been rebuilt across the Arno and there were tremendous food scarcities. |
| Such is the official apathy that drought and food scarcities have found little space for intellectual discussions and strategic planning. |
