Word: meagerness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Defense, however, could not compensate for a lack of offensive rebounding. The Crimson forward line pulled down a meager 14, while the Hawks cleared 34. Surprisingly, height was not the difference. Like Harvard, St Joe's carries only one six-footer, but the Hawks consistently staked out better positions under the boards...
Iranian properties in the U.S. are even more meager. The most conspicuous among them is the 36-story skyscraper on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue at 52nd Street. It is owned by the tax-exempt Pahlavi Foundation, created by the Shah but now controlled by the Ayatullah's supporters. The Iranians also own some U.S. military spare parts stored in a warehouse at New Jersey's McGuire Air Force Base and awaiting shipment. But, says David Bauer, an economist for the Conference Board, a New York-based research group, "I can't think of a single Iranian...
Despite the efforts of the traitorous Yale Daily players who were forced to join the meager Crime squad, the Crimson's offense moved easily down the field to three touchdowns and a pair of two-point conversions...
...Chargers' long wallow in the cellar, credits his success to his coaches and the Chargers' current crop of receivers, the match of any in the N.F.L. San Diego's offensive line is good enough, at last, to limit Fouts' once steady pounding to a meager 13 sacks in 10 games. "I like seeing a team effort be successful, and I like to be in charge of that effort." says Fouts, who receives an estimated $200,000 a year for his efforts. "There is nothing like a nice, long 80-yd. drive for a touch-down," Fouts...
...army, which in the area we visited, at least, is reduced to a few men too sick to move. If this is the fate of the troops, who presumably got priority in terms of food and medical treatment, imagine the plight of civilians who had to share the meager resources that were leftover...