Word: meager
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...This is reflected in President Toledo's paltry support, a meager 20% in all polls, as well as in a late-March survey in which 68.5% of respondents said that they wanted to see major economic and political changes, including the election of an authoritarian government. "I am voting for Ollanta, because he is going to kick out all the corrupt politicians in Lima and govern for all Peru," said Felix Ticona, 24, at an Humala rally in the southern city of Moquegua...
...reestablish itself and challenge Saints netminder Justin Pesony early.And though the Crimson ended up needing two three-period goals to win Game Two, senior defenseman Tom Walsh’s tally 11 minutes into the first period marked a stark reversal from the previous night’s meager offensive effort.“That first period was key,” said Hafner after the Game Two victory. “The first ten minutes, we really were on them really hard and kind of sent a message for this game.”And last night, Harvard?...
...Cambridge Common, home to one of the best beer selections in the area, the Lizard Lounge just might be the coziest place in town to catch a show. Its crowded “stage” —a loosely defined floor space bordered on three sides by meager seating and obstructive structural pillars—necessitates a close proximity between performer and audience. The décor is comfortable and loungy, with soft reddish light and red velvet curtains softening the stage. Perhaps the greatest draw to the Lizard, however, is free live music from...
...best hitting, the Crimson offense was solid in games one and four as well. Posting 17 kills in both frames, Harvard held off Chargers rallies to escape with 30-27 and 30-26 wins.Harvard’s attack did falter in game two, hitting at a meager .133 clip, but the offense recovered in time to deal New Haven its first league loss of the year.“We had our resiliency,” Freese said. “A few times, we were tied or down, but we always knew we would come back...
...toiled about 30 ft. aboveground on the first derrick erected in Kurdistan in decades, by a Norwegian outfit using a Chinese rig, of all things. From the top, there is a panoramic view of the hills around his tiny village of Tawke, where 30 families eke out a meager living herding sheep. It hardly looks like the location for a major economic boom. "We are poor," he says, sitting on his bunk during a break between shifts last month, when TIME was invited for a rare visit to the oil operation. "We have nothing...