Word: meagerness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cite Fenway's small size, cramped seats, meager parking, lack of luxury suites and outdated facilities to justify the proposed departure--all uncontestable claims. Fenway's comically slender seats are comfortable for only the sveltest Sox fans, and tickets are often hard to come by, especially in the summer, and especially for games against the hated Yankees. The wise spectator learned long ago to take the T, and the rich one learned he might have to brush up against the commoners...
...wonder whether the motives of these grade hawks are genuine. The pride of an older generation, it seems to me, is in large part keeping this issue in the news. As it is reported that college students are being highly rewarded for meager work, somewhere a grumpy big wig is reclining in his leather office chair and saying to himself, "I worked so hard for those B+'s way back when." Those of us who took the SAT before it was "recentered" know the feeling well. How often have we heard someone's score of 1600 only to discount...
Because of the city's meager accommodations, some of the festivities will have to be modified...
...Wyeth. I read up on feng shui, the ancient Chinese philosophy for creating harmonious environments and then tried to incorporate mirrors, crystals and running water into my living space. In my own way, I tried to bring out the feng shui ideals of Balance, Harmony, and Prosperity in my meager dorm room. I'm not entirely sure it worked...
...Susan McDougal pointed out in her "Dateline" interview (rerun in full Wednesday as a filler for Brian), Starr's success is strictly Triple-A and hasn't made it out of Little Rock. CNN ran a sympathetic piece on all the Clinton little fish who've squandered their meager salaries on legal fees after getting nicked by one of Starr's subpoenas. George Stephanopoulos' $85,000 tab drove him to the second-oldest profession: punditry...