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...comes along (which it still might--there are a lot more Giant Killer Asteroids out there where XF11 came from). It could erase only 80% or 90% of the populace. You know, getting back to the old model of a few small, isolated farm communities scrabbling desperately for a meager living might be just the tonic humanity needs to knock out some of its arrogance and softness and regain that good old spiritual edge we used to have back when we were all sacrificing goats to the rain deity and receiving stone tablets on mountaintops. We didn't worry about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Upside Of Doom | 3/23/1998 | See Source »

...strong defensive effort and the domination of possession time meant a relaxing day for the goalkeepers. Keith Cynar started and played the first half and Ely Kahn, Art Chen and Matt O'Hare split time in the second. The group faced a meager 22 shots between them...

Author: By Owen Breck, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Lacrosse Pastes BC 19-3 In Blowout, Ready for Ivy League | 3/16/1998 | See Source »

Cambridge itself boasted a meager 2.1 percent...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Unemployment Still Above 10 Percent In South Coast City | 3/11/1998 | See Source »

...cite Fenway's small size, cramped seats, meager parking, lack of luxury suites and outdated facilities to justify the proposed departure--all uncontestable claims. Fenway's comically slender seats are comfortable for only the sveltest Sox fans, and tickets are often hard to come by, especially in the summer, and especially for games against the hated Yankees. The wise spectator learned long ago to take the T, and the rich one learned he might have to brush up against the commoners...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, | Title: Keeping Fenway | 3/4/1998 | See Source »

...wonder whether the motives of these grade hawks are genuine. The pride of an older generation, it seems to me, is in large part keeping this issue in the news. As it is reported that college students are being highly rewarded for meager work, somewhere a grumpy big wig is reclining in his leather office chair and saying to himself, "I worked so hard for those B+'s way back when." Those of us who took the SAT before it was "recentered" know the feeling well. How often have we heard someone's score of 1600 only to discount...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Let It Bleed | 2/25/1998 | See Source »

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