Word: meager
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...stroke. Her crew, be it said, was deemed so strong as to earn the appellation of the "Yale giants," while Harvard's was not only unusually light, but, with two exceptions, was composed of men who had never before sat in a 'varsity boat. Save with the brave and meager minority who believed in the new regime, up to a week before the race Yale's success was a foregone conclusion. The race, as one disappointed wearer of the blue expressed it, was a "procession." Yale, vulgarly speaking, carried the bucket. Harvard jumped into the lead the moment her oars...
...statue have been omitted. In a second statuette, discovered later, the reliefs on the shield of the great statue are reproduced after a fashion; the statuette as a whole, however, is a very clumsy piece of workmanship, and much inferior to the one first discovered. But even from the meager accounts we have of the statue of Athena Parthenos, we cannot but conclude that it was a magnificent and imposing work...
...three college publications, all occupying different spheres of usefulness, there ought not to be any question of the ability of Harvard to support all of them. Yet such is the indifference of many men that our papers are constantly getting into hot water because their subscription lists are so meager. We sincerely hope that the Lampoon will obtain not only the necessary 200, but many more subscriptions within the next fortnight...
Night gave Hooker an opportunity to concentrate his army on a more compact line meager to Chancellorsville itself. In the morning, Sunday, a second desperate attack was made by the Confederates, which compelled Hooker to abandon his position and withdraw, so as to defend the road in his rear leading to the river. Here, night again brought him relief. From this last position Lee still seemed determined to drive him where his own attention was drawn aside by the movements of Sedgwick in his rear. This general had received orders from his chief to move around and meet...
Driscoll, who is to walk against Meager in the 100-mile championship walking match for $1,000 a side, is under the exclusive training of Mr. J. Robinson. The track is completed, and there will be twelve laps to the mile...