Word: meagerness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...oldest of seven children, Hume's father was unemployed from the end of World War II until his death 20 years later. Hume started to work at the age of eight to supplement his mother's meager earnings and his father's unemployment benefits. Hume enrolled at the National University of Ireland in the Republic in 1954, where, after briefly considering study to enter the priesthood, he eventually earned bachelor's degrees in French and modern history, and a masters in history. Not surprisingly given his background, Hume wrote his masters thesis on the social and economic history of Londonderry...
...anything, it shows a plus," Kezerian said. However, he added that "it just hasn't worked out" as a means to reduce crowding, because of the meager response from Yale students...
...light of the awesomeness of the universe, reflected in man's meager venture to Mars, the devastation of earthquakes, floods, volcanoes and drought and the complexity of immunology and disease control, it is only fitting that Mother Nature be named as TIME'S Woman of the Year...
...played by Newcomer Ingrid Boulting (stepdaughter of British Producer Roy Boulting) with a sort of spacey spirituality that seems part Pre-Raphaelite, part post-psychedelic. Theresa Russell, who plays Brady's daughter, the proud possessor of a crush on Stahr, is around more than her role and meager talent require...
...elction in which the American people face clear alternatives. While well-heeled liberals may be able to afford the cost of purist voting, they should consider the consequences of their action for the men and women who have spent the last eight years battling to protect their meager standard of living and oft-assaulted self-respect...