So then we started to look at other bacteria, and these are just a smattering of the molecules that we've discovered.

What a hope they had, all strangers to the place... and none of them could speak the same language, except a sort of smattering of German.

In country after country, the guerrillas were defeated, pacified, brought into the democratic process, or rendered irrelevant. By the end of the twentieth century, only the FARC endured, together with a smattering of splinter groups in Mexico.

Last June, I gave the keynote speech at the celebrations marking the 36th anniversary of the establishment of Philippines China diplomatic relations and the 10th anniversary of Philippines China Friendship Day in the presence of 5,000 of my countrymen and a smattering of Chinese officials.