Word: meager
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ways and Means Committee. "The Administration's package didn't really satisfy anyone," said Ullman, who began drafting his own plan. Ullman's attitude was widely shared by a coalition of Democrats and Republicans on the committee who felt that even Carter's meager proposal was too generous toward big businessmen and would not sufficiently cope with the unemployment problem. Instead they preferred a measure aimed directly at creating more jobs...
Harvard managed only six places in individual events for a meager 19 points to lag far behind champion Cornell, which racked up 44 points. The host team was enthusiastically urged to higher heights and faster times by a crowd that made "Rollerball" sound like a wake. The band played, people screamed and air horns blared every time the Big Red pasted their opponents...
...lighter divisions (welterweight, lightweight and featherweight), long overlooked by the U.S. public. For most of the fighters, the tournament is an opportunity to take part in a real-life version of the film Rocky. Many of these "courageous warriors," as King called them, have until now scratched out meager livings as garbage men, roofers or bar bouncers while they pursued dreams of championships. Until they performed in front of the 3,000 Navy men and women at ringside-and, more important, the network's cameras-few of them had ever earned purses large enough to cover gym fees. Only...
...genuinely moving speech: "1 knew my husband was a failure three long years ago, but you don't just walk out on a person just because they turn out to be second rate ... There's more to a man than that." Hanley wrests such epiphanies from meager raw materials, and it is easy to commend his skill and tenacity. But A Dream Journey like Clem and Lena themselves, is more to be puzzled at than loved. Paul Gray
Whatever his other phobias, Hughes did not suffer from claustrophobia. His bedroom was the smallest on the penthouse floor. It measured only 15 by 17 feet ("infinite riches in a little room"), considerably smaller than the usual "master" bedroom in a low-priced tract house. Even this meager lebensraum was further cramped by stacks of newspapers and magazines...