Word: meagerness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...impoverished northern provinces But in the refugee camps thousands of children with matchstick legs, protruding ribs and swollen stomachs continue to die of malnutrition. A new woe was added last week when swarms of locusts began eating their way through much of Chad and northern Nigeria, reducing the meager supply of food still further...
...meager crowd that showed up yesterday afternoon at Watson Rink to watch the Harvard freshman hockey squad trounce Boston State was given its money's worth. The yardlings had an easy victory over State, taking their first match...
...year, $155 million appropriation to CPB. Charging CPB had become "the center of power and the focal point of control for the entire public broadcasting system," Nixon proposed instead local grants totalling $45 million over one year. Executives along the public network knew that the combination of meager, shortterm funding and wide dispersion of funds was the kiss of death for quality national programming...
...Ohio State--only to be voted out of the Rose Bowl--or even to spend the afternoon raiding the Thanksgiving-day remains. Piling disappointment on disappointment, even the Harvard band was not up to par, although their topic--shortages--was timely in light of the Crimson's meager showing. After a misleadingly promising initial drive the Harvard offense settled into a complacement, mediocre game plan that earned the Crimson the dubious distinction of being shutout for the first time since 1969 (7-0 against the Elis, in New Haven, oddly enough.) The defense put on an equally un-stellar performance...
...government-controlled shops, such staples as sugar and tea-no Cairene worker can exist without endless cups of the sweet, muddy substance each day-have not risen in price. Those who try to supplement their meager ration on the black market, however, have found that the unofficial price of sugar has jumped more than a third; the price of tea has risen by 94%. Beef and lamb are available only twice a week, even in restaurants. Yet no one suffers too much: alternatives include chicken, fish, pork, ham, sweetbreads, brains, tongue and squab. Most Cairenes tend to stay home these...