Word: meagerness
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...European families to adopt a wider variety of living situations. In rural Catholic regions, e.g., Pope Benedict XVI's birthplace in Bavaria, people still appreciate traditional gender roles: men make money, while women stick to kids and kitchen. But Western egocentrism invites young couples to reduce family to a meager dinks model (double income, no kids). At my workplace, I am surrounded by such married couples. And more and more female singles see the emancipation of women as closely connected with leading a solitary life and trying to win a place in the fast lane. One thing is undoubtedly true...
...Crimson tasted defeat was in last year’s 27-24 loss to Princeton....The Crimson has started 5-0 for the third time in the last four seasons....Harvard gave up its fewest total offensive yards this season on defense, as the Leopards finished with a meager 240....The Harvard defense has yet to give up more than 100 yards rushing this season....Saturday marked the first time the Crimson has not scored 30 points this fall.—Staff writer Madeleine I. Shapiro can be reached at mshapiro@fas.harvard.edu...
...There are nightclubs in New York City that are harder to get into than some of our chemical plants." ED MARKEY, Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts and member of the House Homeland Security Committee, after President Bush signed a $1.2 billion homeland-security bill that many Democrats think is too meager...
...There are nightclubs in New York City that are harder to get into than some of our chemical plants." ED MARKEY, Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts and member of the House Homeland Security Committee, after President Bush signed a $1.2 billion homeland-security bill that many Democrats think is too meager...
While it is laudable that students and Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) are donating money to hunger relief, the amount stated, a meager $2.46 per student, does not sound like the actual amount charged per student meal. Since the article does not say, your readers have no way of knowing whether this is unvarnished generosity on the part of HUDS or if the University is keeping the lion’s share of the cost of those missed meals...