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...with her down at the pier in Chelsea one night when she got lucky and went home with a grand total of two dollars and seventy-five cents, for the night's work and her bloomers around her ankles. Where they usually were when she was working for her meager living, doing the only thing that God gave her the talent...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Tough Guys | 4/30/1982 | See Source »

This is not to say that Kleinfelder should not have been released. The final decision Reardon made was a proper one. Over the past two seasons, Kleinfelder has compiled a meager 12-39 record and her most recent campaign saw the squad's mark plummet to a dismal 4-21. (But, keep in mind, at Harvard it takes more than just a losing record to dismiss a coach...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: A Tragic Comedy of Errors | 4/29/1982 | See Source »

...millions of families trying to live on incomes so meager that the pall of family disaster hangs over them day by day... I see one third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished...

Author: By Siddhartha Mazumdar, | Title: Tales of Distress | 4/28/1982 | See Source »

While the Crimson defense looks strong, the midfield is going to have to move the ball up the field more effectively to give the Crimson a chance to apply more offensive pressure than it did against Hopkins, when they fired a meager 24 shots...

Author: By Becky Hartman and John Rippey, S | Title: Laxmen Set to Go Nowhere | 3/26/1982 | See Source »

...drastic freeze on federal spending. Added Congressman James Jones of Oklahoma, who heads the House Budget Committee: "Many of the elements are very close to what I've been saying have to be part of a compromise." Though White House aides found fault with the plan for its meager defense hikes and its politically explosive cuts in Social Security benefits, they were careful not to reject it outright. Domenici has made "a good-faith effort to come up with an alternative," said one presidential adviser. "We'll take a look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bubbles in the Red Ink | 3/8/1982 | See Source »

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