Word: meagerness
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...delegates listened in iceberg silence to President Eisenhower's greeting (sent by mail, special delivery, not by presidential emissary), gave Secretary of Labor Mitchell and Secretary of State Dulles meager applause. In contrast, they stomped and whooped in approval as Minnesota's Fair Dealing Senator Hubert H. Humphrey charged that under Eisenhower "money-changers have invaded the temple of democracy . . . modern-day pirates have hoisted a new Jolly Roger over Washington." Among the convention's 64 resolutions was one blasting the Administration and urging stepped-up politicking by the C.I.O.'s Political Action Committee. Reuther called...
...Since early man was scarce and not often fossilized, anthropologists often spin theories around meager finds. The giant men of China, for instance, are "known" only through large, humanlike teeth, most of them found in native apothecary shops. Many anthropologists deny that such giants ever existed. Other early humans are heavily documented by multiple finds of their bones. Neanderthal man, discovered in 1857, is as real as the Romans. Java man (1891), Peking man (1928) and many of the types recently found in Africa are too well-proved to be the creations of wishful' theorists or of jokers...
...photographs must have been a tedious procedure, because very few of them are clever. A typical picture is one of a ragged little dog labeled Trixie, first and fiercest bulldog, supposedly demonstrating the dauntless spirit of the dogged Blue eleven. But the cut lines do the best with meager material, in a mock, curt, newspaper style...
...Crimson forward line made a meager total of three shots during the entire first half. The halfbacks were working well however, Carrie MacIntosh played an excellent game, bewildering his defenders with his shifty footwork and sharp dribbling. Denny Little, at center, and Bob Dean at right were standouts on defense, and with MacIntosh managed to keep the ball in Yale territory for a good portion of the game...
...things, and even agreed to lend her a fur coat. After all, Desses is of Greek descent himself, as well as an old friend of the Queen. The final collection included a dozen hats and a dozen pairs of shoes, but Desses was far from pleased with the meager turnout. "I just don't know how she'll manage," he sighed...