The district's 18 schools are perennially short of books and desks, and one new school has not had a library for three years.

The People's Navy was perennially short of trained maintenance and repair techs, with the result that serviceability rates tended to remain uncomfortably low.

The company was poorly managed, perennially short of capital and lived from crisis to crisis.

The grain, beef, and other provisions were taken to Sitka, which was perennially short of foods supplies.

Perennially short of cash from the king of France, Brissac held his troops together through the force of their loyalty to him.

Perennially short of funds, the school district managed to buy new books for the course in 1994, but not enough for every student.

The Wild West Gate opened tomorrow, after all, and Time Tours was perennially short of baggage handlers.

However, James' personal extravagance caused him to be perennially short of money and he was obliged to summon parliaments often.

In the late 1990s the embassy was perennially short of cash and got in trouble for paying employees in alcohol and cigarettes.

But he increasingly suffered from depression, compounded by circulation problems, and his disability check of $1,068 a month left him perennially short of funds.