Word: meagerness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...sluggish pace in approving drugs. Five employees had been convicted of accepting bribes from the generic-drug industry. There were allegations that other staffers were selling insider information about drug approvals to stockbrokers. And a federal report had just concluded that the agency's outmoded labs and meager staff were incapable of ensuring the safety of foods or the efficacy of new drugs...
...trees, what few remain, were stripped of leaves and fruit. The homes, if not completely washed away, were whittled to bamboo skeletons. A four-hour boat ride from Cox's Bazar, the nearest mainland city, Ujantia has received only a pittance of relief supplies. Food is in such meager quantities that the village can scarcely find the strength to begin to build again...
Terry Sanford, North Carolina. The 73-year-old former college president has provided a soothing antidote to fellow Senator Jesse Helms, but the state's voters are none too pleased with his liberal voting record and meager legislative achievements...
...problems of Middle East instability. He should continue to press for a regional security system, as well as a solution to the Palestinian question consistent with the principles of self-determination and security for all peoples. We also hope Bush does not take Syrian dictator Hafez El-Assad's meager contributions to the coalition war effort as evidence that this brutal despot can be trusted during peacetime...
...would not cause them to leave the alliance anyway--would certainly be of greater military value than Syria's. Israel's air force has been training for months for specific raids on Iraqi targets and would aid the coalition's cause a good deal more than Syria's meager donation of tanks and ground troops. And Isreal's intelligence-gathering abilities are unparalleled in the Middle East...