Word: meagerness
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...problem at all unique to Harvard, it’s hard to pinpoint whether the lack of enthusiasm for the profession stems from the College or the student body, or both. In Eventual Vocation studies done by and on Harvard students over the last 15 years, a consistently meager two percent were teaching in elementary and high schools. When undergraduates were asked in surveys to assess their view on teaching, many replied that it is “one of the most important roles in society,” but that teachers are consistently “underpaid and under...
...British Ex-Servicemen and Family Association of Fiji, says entry tests are getting tougher: "Most of our sons who would like to join can't meet the standard, so they are looking for other employment." Men who join Fiji's 3,000-strong military can double their meager salaries by serving with U.N. peacekeeping missions abroad. Some 600 are currently doing so, 134 of them in Iraq. Fijian blue helmets in the Sinai and Lebanon - where 36 were killed during a 24-year deployment - "were well regarded," says defense analyst Jim Rolfe, of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies...
...Direct investment Allowing Social Security to invest its assets directly in stocks, last proposed under President Clinton, could improve the system's meager returns. But it is risky and ripe for abuse. Another plan, proposed by Boston University professor Laurence Kotlikoff, would create private accounts but centralize the investing. Everyone would be invested in the same thing: a global, market-weighted index fund run by the government, not Wall Street. Because the fund would track the market, the risks of making poor investment choices would be minimized...
...Crimson held the Blackbirds—a perimeter-oriented squad that usually starts three guards—to a meager 41.8 percent shooting from the floor and just 3-of-17 from behind the arc. On top of that, Long Island committed 22 turnovers, including a season-high 16 Harvard steals...
Harvard held the Blackbirds—a perimeter-oriented squad that usually starts three guards—to a meager 41.8 percent shooting from the floor and just 3-of-17 from behind the arc. On top of that, Long Island committed 22 turnovers, including a season-high 16 Crimson steals...