Word: meagerness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...throttle the rise in U.S. exports, which has accounted for one-third of all American economic growth in the past three years. Rather than helping the low-wage people it is supposed to aid, protectionism would make the purchase of inexpensive imports that many rely on to stretch their meager earnings more difficult...
Lose Harvard did. The Crimson (14-11, 6-7 Ivy) managed a meager 20 points in the first half, while the Bears (10-15, 5-8) jumped out of the gate with 37. During this time Harvard's shooting never materialized, making 27.6 percent of its shots, and its defense could not stop Brown...
Some of the students attending the Forum expressed frustration with the meager discussion of religion in academia...
Behind a mediocre .385 shooting percentage, the Crimson finished the ballgame well below its season average of 81.4 points-per-game. But Harvard turned in an outstanding defensive effort, holding Princeton to a meager 18 percent shooting in the first half, to keep the game out of reach for the Tigers...
...differences peacefully," Perry told a group of students. Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesman said that Beijing, which already has conducted a missile test near Taiwan last fall, had sent an unspecified number of Chinese troops and military equipment toward the Chinese coast opposite the island. Even so, China's relatively meager forces are unlikely to make the crossing. "Logic works against an invasion," says Defense correspondent Mark Thompson. "China is not a 'blue water' navy; their military is not suited to invade an island 100 miles offshore. The mainland is driven by public opinion, but if the Chinese government would temper...