Word: meagerness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...eerie cast, as if the city of 390,000 were deserted. Along the downtown streets, the familiar glow of neon signs is missing. Against the horizon, the 30-story Georgia-Pacific Building and 40-story First National Bank Tower loom like abandoned hulks, their silhouettes illuminated only by a meager handful of office lights and the winking red beacons that warn aircraft that the buildings still stand...
...Graham, a vocal representative of the Riverside community, breezed to a surprisingly strong third place finish, though her newly formed Grass Roots Organization failed to carry any other candidates through the maze. Even John Brode '52, whose highly publicized campaign was expected to make inroads this year, won a meager 261 first place votes...
Harvard halfbacks controlled the center, denying the Big Green offense the ball. Dartmouth only managed to put meager pressure on the Harvard goal. Crimson goalie Steve Kidder was forced to make only two saves in the entire second half...
...Freedom of speech" cannot be invoked to defend William Shockley against those who forced the cancellation of his debate with Roy Innis. Professor Shockley has been given much freedom--in media groups--to state a theory based on the most meager data relating IQ to race. The theory has been discussed again and again with no major addition or revision of the data, to the point where objections by serious geneticists are grouped under "opponents of Shockley's theory" or "alternative explanations...
...later Auden, in fact, swam in light verse like a seal in surf: "Paul Valery/ Earned a meager salary/ Walking through the Bois/ Observing his Moi." When people called him frivolous, Auden replied, "When you are labeled 'serious' in the U.S., you are expected to wear a long face all the time. I don't agree." He was fond of adding in defense of craftsmanship, "Every high C accurately struck demolishes the theory that we are irresponsible puppets of fate and charm...