Word: meagerly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Still, Elliott is confident of victory and has only one worry: the mayor's meager salary. "I couldn't possibly support my family on $3,000 a year," he says. Why, then, is he interested in the job? "I want to play a part in the development of my city...
...heavily subsidized agriculture, Japan's prosperity is propelled by two national habits that almost guarantee economic growth. Japan puts a quarter of its gross national product into productive investment, and its people have learned how to make a little go a long way. Though industrial wages average a meager $102 a month and prices in Tokyo are higher than in New York City, the Japanese save 20% of their income. Even so, nine out of every ten families own TV sets, 72% have washing machines, 61% own refrigerators and half the population own electric stoves...
...definitive lesson in economy of style, for it shows little, says all. The Maid's bare feet are seen padding over cobbles. Someone in the crowd trips her. At the stake there is a split second of hesitation: then she is chained, the faggots are lit, and her meager belongings are fed to the fire. "Holy Jesus!" calls Joan, and extinction comes as two priests lift a great cross into the thickening smoke, then quickly draw back from a wall of heat...
...defiance as he raised his hand in the familiar V sign. It was a valiant effort, for Churchill had grown ever weaker and more withdrawn in recent years. Denied his old pastimes of painting, bricklaying and racing a famous stable, he still found pleasure in food, drink and a meager ration of cigars, in feeding the black swans at Chartwell, his country manor, or reliving old wars and controversies with a few chosen friends. Though the world saw little of him, he remained one of the most widely beloved and honored men on earth. Among other high tributes were...
...dissembler who has hung by her fingernails through many a tight squeak. As one swindle takes shape, she dryly murmurs to Belmondo: "Be there at 3:08 sharp-I'll be working without a net." Working together, they prove again that one sure way to fill out a meager movie is to feed it a couple of top bananas...