21.   As is the case almost anywhere, investors in Latin American companies are quick to look at products but usually pay no more than scant attention to operating costs.

22.   Brinkley might be on to something positive about this administration, something to which few were paying scant attention.

23.   But beyond this and other catalog references the exhibition pays scant attention to the racial context of the New Orleans paintings.

24.   But consumer groups, who have long frequently complained that long distance companies have received scant attention from state regulators, cheered the announcements.

25.   But it was the way the Patriots lost, playing the game with scant attention to the basics of football, missing tackles and missing blocks time and again.

26.   But most get scant attention.

27.   But most New Year revelers seemingly paid scant attention to the relentless flow of world events.

28.   But perhaps the single biggest safety feature to be added to the world financial system has attracted scant attention.

29.   But reporters paid scant attention to the theme park, the players and the children.

30.   But the astronauts commanded only scant attention from the Washington press corps far more interested in other matters.