Word: poorer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...after spending grant money on rearing his dysfunctional children, he is forced to present his findings on the "undiscovered" New Guinea tribe that he was supposed to have used the money to study. The resulting mess that follows is a formulaic farce filled with poor acting, an even poorer script and obnoxious, one-dimensional characters with barely anything sympathetic about them. Occasionally, the film tries to get warm and sweet, but concludes with a contrived and impossible ending. Leaving the theatre, one cannot help feeling that Touchstone Pictures took a cue from Krippendorf and his false tribe by stealing ticket...
...recent closing of the Tasty. Many of the anti-Big-Mac folk were pro-Tasty. They realized that the Tasty's prices and spirit were fair to the working class and true to the area's feel. In that case, the defenders of Harvard Square were concerned for poorer residents. Is a bigger bank really needed here...
...favor this time, the final approval comes from Capitol Hill -- and Congress would have to do some serious thinking before bringing the fiscal equivalent of East Germany into the fold. "If Puerto Rico were to become a state," warns TIME Miami Bureau chief Tammerlin Drummond, "it would be poorer than Mississippi." It?ll be a while, at least, before the spangled banner sees another star...
...situation has become so dire that many of the poorer teams have become virtual minor league franchises. Whenever a young player for a small market club becomes a star, the team must trade him before his contract expires because it cannot afford to resign...
...wealthy young man whose annual salary just went north of $1 million, but whose cards weren't what you'd call a sure thing. Long after lower-paid mortals folded, Damon continued to bet like a winner; he'd arrived at the table with $200 and left only $20 poorer, which of course did nothing to deter the amiable grin that rarely leaves his soon-to-be-familiar face...