Word: meagerness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fond of quoting. "I'm bulletproof." But as he backed his Chevrolet away from Arlington's Econ-o-wash laundry last week, two bullets fired by a rooftop sniper drilled the windshield. Sprinkled with soap flakes, the dying Nazi staggered from his car. His meager wash was inside the laundry, and his last words were to a 60-year-old grandmother. Said white supremacy's champion: "I forgot my bleach...
...Palestinian refugees in stucco and mud-hut camps, plus an impoverished civilian population of 100,000. And though the West Bank of the Jordan, now in Israeli hands, was the jewel of the Jordanian economy, its roughly 1,000,000 people scratched out an existence five times more meager than the Israeli standard of living...
Israel has changed. No longer are the Israelis an unorganized horde of European refugees who hope that the world won't notice if they eke out a meager living on a few square miles of sand somewhere in the Middle East. Ben Gurion successfully described the process of assimilating the diverse Jewish populations which came to live in Israel when he said, "It's not like a melting pot, it's more like a pressure-cooker." Visiting Israel, one can not help but experience the feeling of excitement and confidence which fills its streets today...
...when the Lampoon to publish a summer issue, it could elicit nothing but subtle smirks from the waiting readers. The issue is now out, however, and the effects of the cultural revolution are salient: the 20-page production contains only seven meager articles (none related to each other), costs a piddling 35 cents on the newstands (or free in Bow Street trash barrels), and is generally...
...program is not likely to bring any rush of foreign capital. The first step, which takes effect next month, raises the limit on outside investment in existing Japanese companies from 15% to a still meager 20%. As far as new ventures go, non-Japanese capital will be allowed a 100% interest in 17 industries such as cement, steel and shipbuilding-areas in which Japanese firms are almost unchallengeable. In 33 other fields, including cameras, watches and plate glass, outsiders will be permitted up to a 50% interest, as long as control stays with Japanese partners...