Word: meagerness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Gingrich were just another politician--or just another Speaker of the House--then his self-serving moralizing would be of meager interest. Hypocrisy isn't major news in our species. But Gingrich is making extraordinary claims about the nation and himself. America is "at risk," facing a "genuine crisis," beset by "moral decay"; our very civilization may not "survive." Fortunately, just in the nick of time, comes Gingrich, who by his own account is not just a "genuine revolutionary" but a "transformational figure." You know the type: F.D.R., Lincoln, Moses. Well, people who claim to have a plan for leading...
...needed in The 111th Game but couldn't find. Ravaged by injuries, the Crimson fell victim to three second-half Eli touchdowns en route to a 32-13 thrashing. With starting quarterback Vin Ferrara hobbled by a knee injury, Harvard's offense could only generate a meager 22 yards passing and relied exclusively on the talents of sophomore Eion Hu and junior Kweli Thompson...
Leading the defensive effort that held Post to a meager eight shots on goal in the first quarter was junior Tim Browne...
...contradiction of their original image, to be sending a come and get 'em' message to the high school across the street, to be violating all common-sensical health information of the time and to be bucking what would seem to be the basic spirit of the region--all for meager commercial gain...
Richer, busier and more celebrated than ever, supermodels do not need the meager $5,000 or so the New York shows offer them for an appearance. (The major European designers, by contrast, pay up to $25,000.) They have better-or at least more lucrative-things to do with their time. Supermodels today reap millions of dollars in advertising contracts; they lend their names to clothing lines, host TV shows, star in movies. From the gossip columns to the Oscar preshow promenade, they are stealing the limelight from Hollywood's film goddesses...