Word: meagerness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...half, Harvard shot a blazing 64 percent from the field, while the Irish sank a meager 38 percent of their shots...
...productivity of the council. He reminded us that the four council presidents at Stanford each receive $4100 a year. The independent commissioner who supervises Stanford's elections is paid $2000. And Fernandez sniffs, Stanford's budget is about $300,000 per annum, while Harvard's council has a "relatively meager" $120,000. Is the author suggesting we pay the members of the council for their time as a means of improving ethics and efficacy? In addition, particularly in this economic climate where cuts are being made University-wide, we should be thankful that we have as much...
...Harvard employees contributed $16,325 to Clinton while they gave a relatively meager $2,000 to Bush--with half coming from Bush's nephew, John P. Ellis, a fellow at the Institute of Politics...
...ASSU's operating budget weighs in near $300,000 yearly. The Undergraduate Council's budget is a relatively meager $120,000 a year...
...enjoy explosive success in the past decade while keeping chicken prices low for consumers. In Arkansas, poultry workers are probably no worse off than their brethren in Mississippi or Georgia, but their numbers are greater, and they are increasingly angry that their share of the chicken boom is so meager. "I think the poultry industry has been a blessing and a curse for Arkansas," says Carol Tucker Foreman, a former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture and the sister of Arkansas' Lieutenant Governor. "In some places, the workers are treated very badly...