| 单词 | meagre |
| 例句 | “The work is so hard, and the results so very, very meagre,” he wrote soon after his arrival. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They looked at what remained of the elven-cakes: broken fragments for about five meagre days, that was all. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They had freed their slaves, yes... only to hire them back as servants at wages so meagre that most could scarce afford to eat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I drew out my purse; a meagre thing it was. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Both schools of thought are castles in the air, connected to the ground by the thin strings of meagre archaeological remains and anthropological observations of present-day foragers. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z After they choked down their meagre supper, Meera sat with her back against a wall, sharpening her dagger on a whetstone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Even the most generously funded rendition of Beethoven’s ninth would require a meagre third of those forces. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The next day the king’s scouts chanced upon an abandoned crofters’ village between two lakes—a mean and meagre place, no more than a few huts, a longhall, and a watchtower. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When we had done, the rice yield was meagre—no more than two measures—all that was left of the year’s harvest and the year’s labour. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Two fat tallow candles gave a meagre, flickering light. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “What would you have me do? The last harvest was meagre; we have nothing saved.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Clever and interesting though such works may be, the truth is that, by the highest standards of art, they are meagre offerings that cannot escape the confines of their reality-bound aspirations. Why fact-based stories are destroying the art of fiction 2011-01-23T00:04:25Z Hippies and yuppies, Blond implies, unwittingly conspired to turn poor Britons into consumer slaves, chasing material gratification with their meagre wages and taking false spiritual solace in the sensory oblivion of drugs and alcohol. Back from the Brink by Peter Snowdon; Red Tory by Phillip Blond 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z Bernie flags were flapping in a warm and meagre breeze; the grass was a crisp brown. The Gonzo Artists Arrive in Cleveland 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Dumped in labour camps or impoverished rural settlements, they were forced to work on meagre rations, and perished in large numbers from sickness and malnutrition. The Eagle Unbowed by Halik Kochanski – review 2012-11-09T22:55:09Z There is also fascination in how Gallagher's songs defy the laws of physics to become more than the sum of their meagre lyrical parts. Suede/Noel Gallagher | Pop review 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z Even those on major labels will be on a meagre enough royalty. Who makes money out of Spotify? 2010-04-18T21:30:00Z But, conservative paranoia of quotas aside, the marketplace spoils for someone named Yi-Fen Chou are fairly meagre. When White Poets Pretend to Be Asian 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Back then, I had a paper route for the Detroit News, and I siphoned my meagre profits into a jukebox in a Big Boy restaurant at Ten Mile and Woodward: Rembrandt and Gerard Manley Hopkins: How to Take Comfort in Art 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z Even when it was firing on all guns, Xena was always a hokey slab of titillation with meagre production values. Music television: the five greatest all-singing episodes ever 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Negga has been noticing lately how meagre parts are for women. Ruth Negga: ‘I never fitted anywhere – in life or in Hollywood’ 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z The financial returns on these impeccably crafted short cartoons were meagre and the initiative failed to break the US market or rival the popularity of the Disney characters. John D Wilson obituary 2013-07-01T16:37:50Z Women’s wages were meagre compared with those of men. The 1930s: ‘Women had the vote, but the old agitation went on’ 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z Among the meagre references Freud makes to hypochondria, one instance concerns a patient who had become obsessed by the condition of his nose. Michael Jackson: King of hypochondria 2010-04-23T23:14:00Z Like most of these measures, the effect was fairly meagre – the riots of August 2011 occurred here just a few weeks after the square was finished. Glasgow's welcome stand against the '21st-century square' 2013-01-28T10:30:01Z I spent all of my meagre earnings from a paper route on advanced D. & D. books, modules, dice, and figurines. Dungeons & Dragons Saved My Life 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z It's sitting pretty on review aggregator site Metacritic with 78/100, a few points below recent efforts from and the National, and way ahead of Scouting For Girls' meagre 44. Don't believe the type 2010-07-02T23:02:00Z After seeing this headline on CNN, last week, I checked my meagre stock portfolio. How to Stay Sane as a Cartoonist in Trumpland 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z But almost everything else about it is meagre and shallow, and the strident lead performance from Joaquin Phoenix is much less interesting than similar portrayals in You Were Never Really Here and The Master. Oscars 2020: shallow Joker squats on top of patchy and infuriating nominations | Peter Bradshaw 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z This follicle phobia has ironically given women one unexpected, if meagre, weapon in their struggle to maintain a semblance of sexual autonomy: "The Trick". Porn isn't a serious business? Tell that to the men who make money from it 2011-01-04T20:00:01Z It's also the weakest box-office for a new entry since Christmas 2011, when Bollywood picture Don 2 led a notably meagre field of fresh product. Oz still Great and Powerful at UK box office 2013-03-19T12:31:11Z Mike and Vicki used this meagre data to sift through public records, but every time they found a promising lead, they were confronted with another sealed envelope, another redacted document. DNA search angels: the Facebook 'detectives' who help reunite families 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z There are routes to Hyde Park on either side of the site, with slightly meagre pavements. One Hyde Park ? review 2011-01-23T00:05:43Z We all suffer, to a greater or lesser extent, from an illusion of understanding, an illusion that we understand how things work when, in fact, our understanding is meagre. Human expertise: it’s not what you know, it’s who… 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z Esi’s parents are faring poorly, subsisting on the meagre earnings Ama brings in as a seamstress, when, one day, Kwabena turns up with brash promises of a better life in the city. “The Burial of Kojo,” Reviewed: A Boldly Lyrical Portrait of a Young Ghanaian Girl 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Lord Of The Rings Trilogy Keeping production as far from Hollywood as possible, Jackson hugely expanded New Zealand's meagre film-making capability, employing his own Weta effects house and exploiting his country's pristine locations. The Lord of the Rings trilogy: No 18 2010-10-21T10:37:00Z Paulson brilliantly mixes the story of how Brian uses his meagre resources to keep alive, with poignant reflections of his earlier life. Anthony McGowan's top 10 global adventures 2012-07-05T08:00:00Z Running a hand through his shaking quiff, he gave a commanding performance, all quivering hips and gyrating bottom, and frequently ended up in the middle of the meagre audience. Frankie and the Heartstrings: 'Music needs a bit o' spite' 2010-06-17T22:29:00Z With meagre rations, restricted access to the outdoors, and separate quarters for men and women, the facility very much resembled a prison for Chinese detainees, who were held there for weeks or months. The Lost Poetry of the Angel Island Detention Center 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z They can impose terror upon their patients with their diagnoses, prognoses, protocols and regulations, handed down with meagre explanation, no personalisation and little consideration for the intricacies of a woman’s life. 'I felt I was being punished for pushing back': pregnancy and #MeToo 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z And, actually, what he does isn't meagre at all. New band of the day ? No 841: Devlin 2010-08-05T14:29:00Z Entering the wilderness with insufficient information and meagre survival skills is by many measures a foolish act, and Penn’s film never gets a grip on the essential riskiness in McCandless’s behavior. What Disaster Films Miss About Death 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Tabloid readers were told his emaciation was due to his eating "just one meagre meal a day". Michael Jackson: King of hypochondria 2010-04-23T23:14:00Z Or Sky Saxon, a legend by dint of freaked-out anecdotes that crush the meagre number of decent Seeds songs. Shara Nelson: a rare talent who needs help not condemnation 2011-08-23T15:37:21Z And so a meagre budget was able to produce a film with the sweep and zest of Danny Boyle. Red Dog: an audience with Australia's best friend 2012-02-09T20:00:01Z Some analysts think that will sink lower this year since most nominated films pulled relatively meagre box office. Oscars on edge: in a strange year for Hollywood, anything is up for grabs 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z It's never easy for meagre TV budgets to compete with the megabucks music video directors have to chuck around, but these cheap and very cheerful ones manage far better than most. TV highlights 09/08/2012 2012-08-08T18:59:01Z Feeding on such meagre morsels, Scott is all but left to look on as his co-stars run riot. Sundance film festival 2013: ACOD – first look review 2013-01-25T18:13:00Z What with meagre paternity-leave allowances and the pay gap, society forces it on you, Fischer argues. ‘It's the breaking of a taboo’: the parents who regret having children 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z Vivian's relatives were convinced we were against the marriage, and our family's meagre turnout did nothing to dislodge that belief. 'Jesus, Ralph, you're dangerous' | Rupert Thomson 2010-03-27T00:36:00Z After 1 April, its meagre reserves will keep its doors open for three months at most and then it will shut. Public sector cuts: where they will hit 2011-03-25T08:30:00Z This opening episode runs fast, stretching a meagre CGI budget to recreate the ancient world. Tate Modern is 10! A Culture Show Special 2010-05-25T06:59:00Z In Britain today, no one would feel blessed with such meagre resources. Do you hate football and want to help the poor? Take up gambling 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z The Americans paid, of course, but often meagre amounts. To have and to hold 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z So she moved to LA to get a chance at the meagre roles on offer and began to get work in TV movies and miniseries. Angela Bassett: 'Anger doesn't serve me. If I'm frustrated, I just do better’ 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z They even note down his meagre clothing: “Yellow cotton trousers, a grey cotton jacket, a Basque beret and low-heeled shoes.” Michael Rosen: ‘Stories hung in the air about great-aunts and uncles who’d gone’ 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z For the past decade – since a director spotted his wispy beard and corrugated cheeks – Zhao, 87, has supplemented meagre benefits with his earnings from bit parts in films and TV melodramas. China's extras line up to chase Hollywood dream 2013-05-30T15:47:08Z On that basis, the sound is rather meagre. Tchaikovsky: Hamlet; The Tempest; Romeo and Juliet ? review 2011-03-17T22:16:01Z Earlier in the year, my credit card had been closed and the meagre contents of my bank account – $86.32 – seized. The hour you are most alone: how I got trapped by poverty and depression 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Another answer is the real subject of this moving book: to uphold an art and tradition whose value is enlarged by the meagre rewards they bring. Dancing in the dark 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Along with our determination to claim whatever meagre bit of soil we consider our birthright, we’re becoming increasingly useless at the life skills essential to survival. I’m American and devastated. Why did we vote for Trump? | Mariella Frostrup 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z There’s no indication it will pay off this time: in its first week, Valerian took a meagre $17m in the US. Valerian: why Luc Besson is the unsung hero of world cinema 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z The answer, of course, is San Francisco, where a few hundred men and women, survivors of the disease, are scratching out a meagre living downtown. Anthony Lane: “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” and “Boyhood” 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z But his expertise and his pride in his work aren't unusual; many of Lichtenstein's interviewees, though earning meagre salaries, carried on well after their retirement ages. Diamond Street by Rachel Lichtenstein – review 2012-06-15T21:55:12Z She retreats to her meagre homestead and takes to bed, weeping in that classic style—inconsolably. A Cinderella Story with an Immigrant Twist 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Susceptible to the most meagre flattery, she is undefended against her own fantasies. Patricia Arquette Succumbs to a Pipe Dream of Flight in “Escape at Dannemora” 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z He was a powerful force in cinema, and the business seems a bit more meagre without him. Alan Parker: a maker of glorious films with a gift for connecting with audiences | Peter Bradshaw 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z He delighted in pointing out that, as his voice was basically a meagre one, it had not got much to lose in quality with the onset of age. Hugues Cu?nod obituary 2010-12-08T19:10:00Z They were both raised in meagre surroundings during the second world war, with food in short supply and so, when they became parents, they went the other way. Our gigantic problem with portions: why are we all eating too much? 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z If you had placed a £100 bet with Ladbroke's your profit would have been a meagre £2. Baftas: stars dress for show not snow as awards hail director Ben Affleck 2013-02-10T21:57:39Z The eagle on the dollar bill "don't fly around here", reports 80s soulster CL Blast in his anguished Somebody Shot My Eagle, counting the days of the week until his next meagre pay-cheque. Readers recommend: songs about austerity ? the results 2011-01-20T16:32:23Z The other, the Kendleys, worked in the mill, lived in company housing, and received their meagre wages in credits for the company store. Weekend Reading: A History of L.A. Palm Trees, Two Civil War Families 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Neither is it a case of reading too much between the lines of meagre evidence. Wilberforce was complicit in slavery 2010-08-03T11:59:00Z His salary was meagre, and the only home that he and Iris could afford was one that had suffered extensive bomb damage. An Intimate History of the British Empire 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Funeral buffs, who cherish the literary opportunities of the graveside, will be dismayed at the meagre and predictable insularity of this selection. Farewell words and music reflect a patriotic austerity and insularity 2013-04-13T23:04:44Z Despite Bishop’s meagre teaching experience, the college was happy to offer her the job on the strength of Lowell’s recommendation and the National Book Award bestowed on her “Complete Poems,” in 1970. Elizabeth and Alice 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Despite the presence of two fellow Academy Award-winners, Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, in the leading roles, executives repeatedly passed on putting up the movie's relatively meagre $5m budget. Hollywood rejected Liberace film for being 'too gay' 2013-01-07T10:25:01Z Monthly retail sales data is due on Wednesday but the country's Singles Day shopping extraganza over the weekend - equivalent to Black Friday sales elsewhere - recorded only meagre growth. Morning Bid: Chip stocks cheered while the rest retreat 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z His modest background has endeared him to ordinary Chinese, especially after he famously referred to the high proportion of them who still live on a meagre income. Li Keqiang: Official nerves show as BBC hears praise for dead Chinese leader 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z But Afghanistan ended any chance of that by chasing down Pakistan’s meagre total of 115 with more than two overs to spare. Chinese athletes keep raking in the golds as they dominate Asian Games on home soil in Hangzhou 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z She says she will never stop fighting, but she is also exhausted and disheartened by the meagre progress. Marriage equality eludes Japan's same-sex couples 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z In Kettou, all the survivors were now sharing their meagre supplies. Wedding party saved Moroccan villagers from deadly quake 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Disgruntled customers cite other examples: ice cream is shown with whole almonds but contains only shavings, pizza toppings are meagre, salads pricey but pitiful. Why your burger may not always look like the advert 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z Her parents live in rural China and will soon reach retirement age, after which they can each receive meagre annual pensions of up to 1,500 yuan. Analysis: China has no pain-free solutions for its slowing economy 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z All four were already painfully hungry from spacing out the meagre rations they had. Fourteen days across the Atlantic, perched on a ship’s rudder 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z That compares with a meagre 0.7% increase in global companies' profit estimates in the past month. Asian companies earnings estimates get boost from consumption hopes 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z The work is gruelling, hours are long, the pay is meagre and there's no job security or access to basic rights like paid leave, insurance or pension. Rajasthan: India's gig workers see hope in new state law 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Thailand and Vietnam also recorded some meagre outflows last month. Asian stocks draw foreign money on hopes of US rate hikes nearing end 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Turnout was meagre at a polling station in a northern suburb of the capital Bangui early on Sunday, with around two dozen voters in the queue, according to a Reuters reporter. Central Africa vote in referendum could extend Touadera's rule 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z Not only that, shareholders are severely punishing any misses in a sign the market's tolerance for meagre results is running low. European earnings face a low bar, but investor patience wears thin 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Many teams report subsisting on meagre support, with referees and club officials - like coaches - prioritised for men's teams. 2023 Women's World Cup: Australian football suffers despite Matildas 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z They had earlier asked for their salaries to be re-evaluated in light of the Egyptian pound’s depreciation but this request was first ignored before “meagre increases” were eventually offered. Cairo’s BBC staff begin a three-day strike, calling for equal pay with other Mideast colleagues 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Even so, in April the government said it would account for 80% of this year's growth, projected at a meagre 1%, underscoring the importance of resuscitating the project. A wasted opportunity? Italy's EU funds bonanza hits the rocks 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z The barrister described the research paper as "meagre" and said the symptoms described had "not been applied consistently across the cases under consideration in this trial". Lucy Letby: Prosecution experts made evidence fit theory, jury told 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Many have moved in with local host families as a result, putting pressure on meagre resources, MSF said. Sudanese refugees in Chad risk losing aid as rainy season looms, says MSF 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z "For instance, do they have cooking facilities there for them to fend for themselves? Otherwise they're going to have to spend their meagre allowance on food outside," Mr Lynn Montes said. Asylum hotel: Home Office confirms Llanelli plans from July 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z The previous year a meagre 6,269 tonnes of corn and 3,033 tonnes of wheat were exported to Poland, with no barley. Explainer: Why the EU is restricting grain imports from Ukraine 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z The wave of arrivals places an additional burden on Chad’s meagre resources, which were already strained by hosting 400,000 refugees who fled earlier conflict in Sudan. A race to the border after childbirth as fighting forces Sudanese to flee 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z After separating from his partner, he raised his two sons as a single parent on what he described as a "meagre wage". Lee Anderson: Who is the new Tory deputy chairman? 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z "Diesel is getting more and more expensive, and our living costs have risen significantly, with the meagre government subsidies just a drop in the bucket," he said. Chinese fishing crews navigate troubled waters as tensions with Taiwan flare 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z In times of desperation, if you know what to look for, the dense mountains of North Korea can provide meagre sustenance. The daughter who fled North Korea to find her mother 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z WHO officials say the best that countries like Malawi can do is to stretch their meagre resources and try to contain outbreaks as they emerge. Malawians fear storm Freddy could make deadliest cholera outbreak worse 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Company unionists have historically tended to settle for relatively meagre pay hikes around 2% in recent years, as unions are inclined to cooperate with management in keeping job security rather than aggressively demanding pay rises. Japan's big firms set to offer biggest pay rises in decades 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The index was one of the few to eke out meagre gains for the month of February. Morning Bid: Brisk China activity sets the mood 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The elderly couples survive off meagre state pensions and rely on relatives and volunteers for food. Elderly brothers eke out life among ruins of Ukraine war 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z After the war, Jeon returned to Korea but his family struggled to live off the meagre income his mother made selling rice cakes and what he could muster driving cattle for farmers. Families seek closure for wartime mine disaster as Japan-Korea relations thaw 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z A lack of jobs for young people, and meagre wages for those who do find work, has been one of the main criticisms of Modi. India hikes spending, shuns 'outright populism' in last pre-election budget 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Teachers across England and Wales are going on strike on Wednesday after a decade of meagre earnings in a state-funded school system that has seen many take up second jobs or leave the profession altogether. Teachers join mass walkout in Britain after decade-long pay squeeze 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Economists expect retail sales to have dropped 7.8% for a fourth straight monthly decline and for annual growth to finish up at a meagre 1.8%. Take Five: Much to say in Tokyo (and Davos) 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z His parents were labourers who depended on meagre daily wages to feed their six children. Surendran Pattel: The US judge who once made cigarettes in India 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z "People living in these areas invested their meagre savings into buying trucks so that they could transport material from this plant," says Mahesh Kumar, a local resident. Himachal Pradesh: Thousands despair as India Adani plants shut down 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z A lack of goals has been their most glaring weakness, with a meagre total of 20 from 26 games making them the Championship's lowest scorers. Blackburn edge Cardiff to boost promotion hopes 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z It registered in July with the Spanish central bank and reported meagre revenue of some 1.5 million euros last year and a profit of just 9,000 euros. Special Report: Binance's books are a black box, filings show, as it tries to rally confidence 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z He had barely got off the mark by the time a meagre crowd began chanting his name. Ahmed wickets help England dismiss Pakistan 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z The action at the New York Times comes after a wave of labour organising in the wider media industry, which has been grappling with years of job losses, erosion in benefits and meagre pay. New York Times faces first major walkout since 1970s 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Banks have been reporting bumper profits and announcing dividends and share buybacks, boosted by a sharp increase in interest rates and a trading boom after more than a decade of mostly meagre returns. Bundesbank warns banks against 'careless' payout pledges as economy cools 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z The prison regime involves meagre pay for conditions that many observers call slave labour. What awaits Brittney Griner in Russian penal colony? 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Inmates of Russian penal colonies are required to work long hours for meagre pay on tedious manual tasks such as sewing. EXCLUSIVE Brittney Griner taken to penal colony in Russia's Mordovia region - source 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Yet she said she's not eligible for any benefits because of the meagre income she brings in. The people stuck renting who can't afford to retire 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z As Afghanistan's economy crumbles, it's difficult for Mohammad to pay for private lessons, especially through his meagre earnings selling vegetables. Afghanistan: 'More more of us might be killed - but we will win' 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The meagre harvest adds strain on Syria's sanctions-hit government as it struggles to source wheat from the international market. Exclusive: Climate change, conflict decimate Syria's grain crop 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z It had an instant impact, winning acclaim and a huge profit on its meagre budget. Jean-Luc Godard: Nine things about the man who remade cinema 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Loan growth is scarcely budging, and a meagre rise in August was below analysts' hopes. Take Five: Navigating the energy shock 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Officials complain of legal loopholes which the operators have been able to exploit, and of fines too meagre to have an impact. France clamps down on delivery depot 'dark stores' 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z "Clearly it is not enough. In spite of meagre resources Pakistan will have to do much of the heavy lifting." Pakistan struggles to avert danger as floods rise, death toll tops 1,300 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Over the last year, however, the soaring cost of flour has taken a massive bite out of the shop's meagre profit. Antigua's traditional bread shops struggle amid food price hikes 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z The first meagre crops won't be harvested for more than a month and fighting will cause further devastation. Ethiopia civil war: Why fighting has resumed in Tigray and Amhara 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z "One of the main reasons she failed was the transport," said her mother Umm Mohammed, who makes a meagre living selling charcoal for nargilehs, or shisha pipes. Spiralling fuel costs hit Damascus drivers 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z The central bank's meagre 10 basis point reduction to some lending rates in response is unlikely to have any discernible impact. Still reeling from China's data debacle 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z In Australia, asylum seekers waiting for their claims to be assessed receive a meagre allowance. The mystery deaths of two Saudi sisters in Sydney 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Universal and Amblin's "Easter Sunday," the weekend's other major release, stumbled in its opening frame, earning a meagre $5.3 million for an eighth place finish on domestic charts. Box office: 'Bullet Train' arrives with so-so $30.1 million debut, 'Easter Sunday' stumbles 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z England swatted aside Sri Lanka as they overhauled a meagre total with 17 balls to spare in their opening Twenty20 match of the Commonwealth Games. Youthful England sweep past Sri Lanka in opener 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z The rest have to try and live with various health conditions or scrape together the money from meagre resources, which can push them further into poverty. Kenya election: Why health care is such a key issue 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z He compared the battle to the huge fights for meagre territorial gains that characterized World War One. After losing Luhansk, Ukraine forces regather for defence of Donetsk 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Even with such meagre earnings Ms Kambua says she could still manage to feed her family twice a day before food prices went up. Kenya's cost-of-living crisis: 'I can't afford rice for my children' 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Recipients include a handful of countries perceived by investors as riskier due to their high public debt or meagre growth, such as Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal, the sources said. EXCLUSIVE ECB to channel cash from north to south in bid to cap spreads - sources 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z She normally buys sandals from a market and sells them via WhatsApp groups, and the money helps boost her mother's meagre income as a community health worker. Kenyan elections: The woman who rallies crowds - but won't vote 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The facility has just five beds, but Tuesday's earthquake left even these meagre resources unusable. Afghanistan quake: Gyan clinic with five beds for 500 injured patients 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z He works pushing other people's shopping around the market, but has seen his already meagre income drop to a fifth of what it was last year. Scraps of stale bread are keeping Afghans alive 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Most residents of Jacobabad rely on such water deliveries, which can cost between a fifth and an eighth of a household's meagre income. In hottest city on Earth, mothers bear brunt of climate change 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z That hope of getting even a meagre explanation was short-lived. Jack Woodley: Why was the 18-year-old killed? 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z It is a hard climb for a meagre 200 rupees, but despite his aching knees, he has little choice. Heatwave: India's poor bear the brunt of blistering temperatures 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z The country announced a suspension on some of its foreign debt repayments earlier this month and said it would divert its meagre reserves to fund essential imports such as fuel, cooking gas and medicine. Sri Lanka says World Bank agrees to provide $600 million in financial aid 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Shares of the gas producer closed at a two-year high of A$8.32 on Tuesday, and have jumped 31.9% so far this year, compared with a meagre 0.6% gain last year. Australia's Santos announces $250 mln share buyback, targets higher returns 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, Sri Lanka suspended some external debt repayments and said it would instead use meagre dollar cache to focus on essential imports. Plan by SriLankan Airlines to lease 21 aircraft draws criticism 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z They often displayed their meagre yet prized possessions: a television, a few pots and pans, and several pairs of worn shoes. China: Peeking into the private lives of livestreamers 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z The corpses I have encountered in the snow have been poorly dressed for a winter campaign, and Ukrainian soldiers say they found the most meagre of rations with them. Ukraine war: Defiant troops tell Russians: 'Go home while you're still alive' 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z But meagre resources and bureaucratic red tape have often hampered scientific development in the country. Russia tells its academics to avoid international conferences this year 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z They would need to score five tries against France to equal even last year's meagre total of 12. England face being shown up by France 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z Soumya worries that their meagre supplies - eight boiled eggs, one loaf of bread and two packs of biscuits - may not last them through the 15-hour journey ahead. Ukraine invasion: Indian students living in fear of shelling in Kharkiv 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Vietnamese equities also posted some meagre foreign outflows last month. Asian equities see outflows for second straight month in Feb 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Days later, soldiers led by Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, frustrated by the rising death toll, meagre pay and poor living conditions, staged a coup. Coups cheered in West Africa as Islamist insurgencies sap faith in democracy 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Brandon King's unbeaten 55 led the home side to their meagre target with 17 balls to spare, a nine-wicket margin of victory that matched West Indies' biggest win and England's largest defeat in T20s. England routed by Windies in first T20 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z The country is due to repay $4.5 billion in debt this year, with official reserves standing at a meagre $3.1 billion at the end of December. Sri Lanka plans laws, fast-track measures to attract foreign exchange 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z "Why spend on travel from my meagre allowance when the outcome of the match is already known?" 83 movie: Reliving India’s epic cricket triumph 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z But Italy's history of political instability and meagre growth suggests even that cannot be taken for granted. Analysis: Italy faces debt doubts again as ECB dials back support 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The owner of several inner-London gift shops, who asked not to be named, said that what meagre trade was still happening would dissolve completely. Covid: Business alarmed at prospect of further restrictions 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z Twitter users responded to the photo calling the meal "unappetising" and "disgusting", while Ciaran compared it to the meagre food served up at Fyre Festival. School apology after bleak Christmas lunch photo goes viral 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Meanwhile Dori's population has nearly tripled in two years to 71,000 and the influx of displaced people threatens to overwhelm meagre local services. As conflict stalks Burkina Faso borderlands, hunger spreads 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z The pay was meagre, work backbreaking and quite often her abusive and predatory male co-workers tried to touch and grope her, she said. The Nepalese children made to work in bars and clubs 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z But West Ham have high expectations these days too, and their meagre haul of one point from the last nine has been a serious disappointment, especially in the wake of that evisceration of Liverpool. West Ham v Chelsea: Premier League – live! 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Chelsea need a meagre point to secure their passage to next year’s knockout stages. Chelsea v Juventus: Champions League – live! 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z And that's what he did for 10 years, scraping a meagre living in West Soho as he dreamt of becoming a Broadway composer. Lin-Manuel Miranda on the "dirty secret" hidden in Tick, Tick... Boom! 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z She digs into her meagre savings and gets it repaired. The nightmare of India's tallest rubbish mountain 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, global equity funds saw some meagre purchases, obtaining just $99.95 million, compared with inflows of $6.36 billion in the previous week. Global bond funds see first weekly outflow in seven months, Lipper data shows 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Holdouts cannot block the deal from going ahead, but they do risk not reaping benefits from it, meagre though they may be. Global corporate tax deal nears as holdouts drop objections 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z There were the expected pantomime boos on the first tee for the European players, with raucous cheers for the US players drowning out the meagre support for the visitors. Europe strike first but US dominate 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Most of the women in Indian hockey came from impoverished backgrounds and were used to making do with meagre resources and official apathy. Indian women's hockey: Sixteen stories of struggle, one tale of triumph 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z U.S. growth funds received $2.7 billion, the biggest weekly inflow in four months, while U.S. value funds faced meagre outflows. U.S. equity funds see big inflows on earnings optimism - Lipper 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z It sounds so meagre, yet I was terrified. Long Covid: Will I ever get better? 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Now that it's finally arrived, The Guardian couldn't wait to switch it off - awarding the film a meagre two stars. Critics close curtains on The Woman in the Window 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z The fire ripped through the Balukhali camp near the southeastern town of Cox’s Bazar late on Monday, burning through hundreds of homes as people raced to recover their meagre possessions. Bangladesh officials probe fire at Rohingya camp that killed several people 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z And that pretty meagre announcement generated a load of buzz on WallStreetBets - which in turn, foot pumped the share price. Why the GameStop story is far from over 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z What they found were people turning often meagre material into creative masterpieces. In Alabama, generations of artists learn from one another 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z A minority of the crowd, perhaps several hundred, brushed past a meagre police presence and stormed into the marbled halls of Congress. Baked Alaska, the QAnon Shaman … who led the storming of the Capitol? 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Then her partner left her, leaving her to raise three young children alone on a meagre income from benefits. ‘I’m trapped by my mortgage – let me escape’ 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z But he added: "With a few exceptions, Borat's satirical jabs don't land with quite the same cringe-making force this time; the setups are too convoluted, the anonymous targets too genial, the payoffs too meagre." Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Mixed reviews for Sacha Baron Cohen sequel 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z But nor is it feasible that the rest will be content with their meagre lot. Editorial Roundup: US 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Her father left when she was two, forcing the family to scrape by on her mother's meagre salary as a paralegal. Alicia Keys: 'I felt I was from another planet' 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z The pandemic has forced many Chileans out of work, and – with only a meagre social safety net – residents of poor neighbourhoods are living in destitution. Chile police using Covid-19 quarantine as pretext to crush protest, activists say 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z He is apoplectic above all about the post-employment contract, contrasting its largesse to the meagre incomes of many of the NRA’s members. 'Wayne must go' – the staunch NRA supporter out to take down LaPierre 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z Over 2.7 million visited Japan in January but as the country closed its borders to contain the virus, the flow trickled to a meagre 2,600 in June. Pandemic derails Abe's strategy to revive regional Japan with tourism 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z From that meagre starter fund, the Derry Credit Union currently has more than 30,000 members and has issued more than a million loans. Fish, finance, football: The lesser-known John Hume 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z To remember to put that cuckoo’s importance high above the machine that comes to raze its kingdom, and to remember the meagre blue tit is infinitely more than myself. Overcoming fears, discovering nature ... what I have learned from lockdown 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Our individual failings are submerged; we become greater than the sum of our meagre parts. The power of crowds 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z The romantic comedy had a meagre starting budget of just $8,000. Cook Off, the no-budget romcom that became the first Zimbabwean film on Netflix 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z These included academics with meagre credentials for pronouncing on epidemiology, he says, or analysts who were good at crunching numbers but lacked a deep understanding of the underlying science. The epic battle against coronavirus misinformation and conspiracy theories 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Food was still subject to rationing and members of the British team supplemented their meagre diets with whale meat. The man who helped clinch India's first Olympic gold 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z Above the tree line, the only vegetables that grow are potatoes, which along with llamas, alpacas and a few hardy sheep, supplement a meagre diet. 'Now we sleep peacefully': life in Peru transformed by warm houses 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z We had played a tour to fairly meagre audiences, but once Nigel became a hit it was just mayhem. How we made: XTC on Making Plans for Nigel 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z One is unemployment insurance, currently a meagre patchwork of different state systems subject to minimum national standards. The state we're in: will the pandemic revolutionise the role of government? 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z He lives in Furcy, a mountainous village outside of Port-au-Prince where most families scratch a meagre living from land. 'We are not prepared at all': Haiti on the edge 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z The situation is particularly acute for China’s roughly 200 million rural migrant workers, who take on labour-intensive jobs for meagre wages and have limited access to public health care. Coronavirus pandemic to test China's unemployment safety net 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Plainly, his earnings were meagre enough to induce folly. Better late than never to cancel Wimbledon but what took them so long? | Kevin Mitchell 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Disaster 2: the dismantling of even the meagre existing rules designed to protect the environment. ‘We can’t go back to normal’: how will the world emerge from the coronavirus crisis? 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Taxpayers fund most vaccine research, but the pharma titans that can make them at scale are reluctant to commit to a vaccine if the likelihood of profit is meagre. 'It’s a razor’s edge we’re walking': inside the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Jobs are scarce, salaries meagre, gangs the only option for many. 'People think it's magic': how one of Brazil's poorest cities gets its best school results 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z To stave off inflation, the government in August imposed price controls on food, a popular measure ensuring those earning meagre public sector salaries can just about afford a balanced diet. Cuba faces squeeze on food production as US oil sanctions bite 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z He departed for a new life in France on what he would have viewed as a meagre allowance of £2,000 a year. A tiara, scandals and 'erased queer history' 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Later, with a child’s limited earning power and Lego not buying itself, my own collection was similarly meagre. 'I should have grown out of this': how pop fandom shaped us 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z And we should not forget the arts, where even the relatively meagre budgets which sustain many organisations have been squeezed in recent years. The big issues facing Stormont's new ministers 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z “Norse hunters were forced to venture deeper into the Arctic Circle for increasingly meagre ivory harvests.” Walrus shortage may have caused collapse of Norse Greenland 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z They ate meagre vegetarian meals and were frequently punished. 'Raised in a doomsday cult, I entered the real world at 15' 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Besieged civilians, if they still had food, prepared their final meagre meals inside a city they had clung to for four painful years. Hope and heartbreak, three years after the fall of Aleppo 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z Yet even this meagre connection with the outside world is frequently blocked by wheelie bins in front of the windows. 'It feels almost like prison': the developers building homes with no natural light 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z That means markedly increasing Chile’s funding of science, technology and innovation from its present meagre level of 0.36% of gross domestic product. Dispatches from a world in turmoil 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z But if productivity gains are and will remain meagre, as the pessimists warn, economic policymakers at the national and international levels should act accordingly. How to expand American economic pie 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Where is the anonymity granted to victims of alleged sex offences during a British trial, the admittedly meagre dignity afforded by a legal process, the requirement for all sides to testify on oath? Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell owe it to their accusers to appear in court | Gaby Hinsliff 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z There was a dramatic tension to proceedings but meagre action where it mattered. Euro 2020 play-offs for Ireland despite Doherty’s late goal against Denmark 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z After repeatedly pledging to withdraw American troops from “endless wars” in the Middle East, the President is now pledging a new fight, if necessary, over Syria’s meagre oil. Trump’s Baffling Plan to Pillage Syria’s Oil 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z He now makes a meagre living as a broker between local zama zamas and a wealthy Zimbabwean buyer from the city. 'There's a lot of money down there': the deadly cities of gold beneath Johannesburg 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z The study found three SNPs that together could explain a meagre 2% of the variation in years of education. The promise and peril of the new science of social genomics 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Photos taken by the British biologist Joseph Needham when he visited in 1943 capture the meagre facilities and the spirit of patriotism among the scientists he encountered. China: How science made a superpower 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z As well as only receiving meagre salaries, officers in municipal and state police forces often have to pay for their own equipment. Deadly job: No rush to join Mexico's new police 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Despite his precocious start, he was nearly forty when it came out, with just two other films to his name—a casualty of the struggle for financing amid meagre box-office performance. James Gray’s Journey from the Outer Boroughs to Outer Space 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z With her meagre cleaner’s wage she half-joked about storming the festival with a friend. Matchmaking Irish village finds harmony with asylum seekers 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Existing funding for student research projects is meagre, and research outputs from India’s medical training institutions are comparatively few — but this is unlikely to change under the new system. Don’t rush India’s health-care reforms 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z They ate meagre, vegetarian meals, and were frequently punished. 'Raised in a doomsday cult, I entered the real world at 15' 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z “That would be a bit meagre I believe.” EU summit ends in deadlock as leaders fail to agree over top job 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z For now, at least, she’ll rely on her meagre earnings in the sex trade to avoid being another female victim of drug violence. What happens when a border city's lifeline is brutally severed 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z Dellien does possess a reliable and well-disguised drop shot, though, which is always most lethal on red clay, the surface that most deadens its meagre bounce. How the French Turned a Tennis Court Into a Garden 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z It was hard to convince the UK to care about space-time and gravity as the U-boats were sinking food transports, and thousands of young lives were lost for meagre gains in Flanders, Belgium. The man who made Einstein world-famous 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z My college didn't offer family accommodation, so it was an anxious time organising where we would live on a meagre salary and student loan. 'I got morning sickness instead of freshers' flu' 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z The family was promised a new plot of land in town, but, once the bulldozers had cleared away the rubble, they were given only meagre compensation, paid in rubles. A Village Doctor’s Literary Calling 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z “There’ll be more than one eye on what the report says about average earnings growth that’s expected to grow a meagre 0.1 percent,” said National Australia Bank economist David de Garis. Asian markets calm as investors await U.S. jobs report 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z People were camped on the floor, a few meagre possessions piled around them. The human emperor 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z The EU concessions to Cameron were meagre and he bungled the campaign. How the Irish backstop emerged as May's Brexit nemesis 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z At best, they are portrayed as awkward loners raised in the afterglow of Japan’s postwar boom, redeemable only through meagre acts of chivalry – a stereotype spawned by the 2005 domestic hit movie, Train Man. Virgin territory: why the Japanese are turning their backs on sex | Roland Kelts 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Lucas had a relatively meagre budget, and Tunisia was suitably cheap. The mystery of Star Wars and the Brutalist hotel 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z A meagre welfare state also needs to be given a boost, along with a health system that is undermined by corruption. US and China must focus on striking a deal for the sake of both economies 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z The Not A Penny More campaign saw the Seasiders playing before meagre crowds as thousands of fans stayed away. 'I will cry when I watch my team again' 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Throughout the continent’s poorer nations, museums bolster their meagre budgets by selling replica casts of important specimens to academics and other museums around the world. The fight for control over virtual fossils 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z There were never that many of us; the meat in the sandwich was and is meagre. Gen X has survived its gloomy formative years. Now we will have to deal with climate change | Jason Wilson 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z When she arrived, the meagre savings she had, which she thought would pay for the full amount of her fees, only covered the first instalment. Where students' island dreams turn sour 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z He was equally dedicated to ensuring the school was as well-funded as possible, paying himself a meagre salary of less than $300 a month. Relic of the Raj who schooled a nation 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z The report projects that tuition revenues will be especially meagre for public colleges and universities. Falling tuition revenues could pinch US universities 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z An early kick-off on New Year’s Day brought predictably meagre fare. Jamie Vardy punishes dismal Everton as Leicester start new year in winning style 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z The road into the farmland was a county road, sparsely lined with economically mismatched houses—beat-up boxes with meagre strips of yard were situated next to charming farmhouses set back amid leafy trees. “Acceptance Journey” 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z But he admitted he had struggled with the meagre rations and that he thought the contestants would get well-fed with a "nice bit of grub" every night. Harry Redknapp wins I'm a Celebrity 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z And as the Trump administration undermines the Environmental Protection Agency and Republicans seek to gut the meagre safeguards that are in place, our exposure to glyphosate and other such chemicals is only likely to increase. The weedkiller in our food is killing us | Erin Brockovich 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Residents have made meagre incomes from intermittent construction work or by joining armed opposition groups. Forty Thousand Syrian Refugees Remain Trapped in a U.S.-Created No Man’s Land 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z The pay was meagre, but the hours were perfect for a single mom with three daughters. A College Degree, More than Fifteen Years in the Making 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z On this, the government released only a meagre outline. Brexit end game leaves much to play for 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z In addition to offering meaningless badges and meagre savings at the pump, ride-hailing companies have also adopted some of the same design elements used by gambling firms to promote addictive behaviour among slot-machine users. High score, low pay: why the gig economy loves gamification 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Just as it did in October 1971 when another Conservative prime minister with a meagre majority and a divided party presented his Europe deal to MPs. Can May learn from Ted Heath's tactics? 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z We also kept our day’s meagre provisions there. Fiction by Scholastique Mukasonga: “Cattle Praise Song” 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z The Core Offer, as it is known, is meagre fare. Britain’s Austerity Has Officially Ended—and Yet It’s Still Going 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z After a warm reunion, the brothers went over Isaac’s meagre options. ‘You descend into hell by coming here’: how Texas shut the door on refugees 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Gutiérrez had fled her home to escape gang members who demanded a cut of the meagre income she made selling fruit on the streets. Two weeks into journey across Mexico, migrants face illness, exhaustion and danger 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z This meagre existence will become more miserable still in Bolsonaro’s Brazil. Bolsonaro’s election is catastrophic news for Brazil’s indigenous tribes | Fiona Watson 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z It was clear once the promised bounceback from the financial crash failed to materialise that the trend for ever-worsening conditions and meagre pay needed to change. Work was the way to a better life once. Not any more | Phillip Inman 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Her first serve percentage was a meagre 55, which made the task of beating Svitolina near impossible. Svitolina defeats Kvitova to win first match at WTA Finals 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z It is safe to assume that Trump’s support among middle-aged rappers is at least as meagre. Kanye West, Donald Trump, and the Truth About Chicago 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z With the breeze at the visitors’ backs, a solitary penalty for Lima Sopoaga in the opening 40 minutes was a distinctly meagre return. Luke McGrath shines as Leinster romp to runaway win over Wasps 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Why was the Trump Organization’s domain, set up to send mass-marketing e-mails, conducting such meagre activity? Was There a Connection Between a Russian Bank and the Trump Campaign? 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Thousands of over 75s struggle to survive, coping in temperatures of -30C in winter and unable to afford medicine or sufficient food on their meagre pensions. 'It's better to die': the struggle to survive poverty in Armenia | Nick Danziger 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z And the US government supports companies such as Amazon by giving some of their employees food stamps to top up meagre wages. Amazon’s ‘worker cage’ has been dropped, but its staff are not free | André Spicer 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z They have been called “new slaves” as they are exploited in the tomato fields and olive groves of southern Italy for meagre compensation. No, Mr Salvini, migrants and refugees are not a burden – a photo essay 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z He either conducted none or did such a meagre job that it is hard not to conclude that he deliberately avoided having any documentation regarding the company’s most dubious partners. Where Will the Trump Investigations Go Next? 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z The swimming Syrian, who lives on a meagre allowance of £5 a day, says he saves on groceries so as to put money aside for his monthly membership at the Waltham Forest Feel Good Centre. The Syrian refugee aiming to become an Olympic swimmer 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z The restaurant overlooks a meagre strip of beach, which is a good deal less meagre in several Katz paintings. Alex Katz’s Life in Art 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Spiraling rents, meagre wages, mental illness and drug addiction all play a role. The best and worst of America: farewell to a city of dreamers and squalor 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Making matters worse, the company’s operation for monitoring content in Burmese was meagre. Special Report: Why Facebook is losing the war on hate speech in... 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Many seasonal workers hired by gangs in Italy get very meagre pay. Italy crash kills 12 African labourers 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z It might be the drawn-out misery of a meagre income in retirement, say. What Venezuelan savers can teach everyone else 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z It was an arguably meagre return on investment but he thinks the focus on field work, including voter contacts, voter mobilisation initiatives, concerts and other millennial-friendly tactics can be replicated and seed future victories. Is Tom Steyer the progressive answer to the Koch brothers? 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z "I would define the number of migrants in Bihac as a crisis, because our capacities are meagre and not sufficient to respond," says Amira Hadzimehmedovic of the International Organization for Migration. For refugees in Bosnia, a bombed ruin is the only refuge 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Even after the latest cut, banks must park 15.5% of their assets at the central bank as reserves, earning meagre interest. China starts easing monetary policy. Or does it? 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z "Families are going to get a meagre offering of the basics instead of the normal hamper we give out." Urgent appeal after food bank trashed 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Her meagre earnings from begging support her mother, sister and brother-in-law. 'I couldn't even scream': survival and abuse inseparable for Kabul children | Pariwash Gouhari 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z He also likened the company’s frequent sustainability announcements and public awareness campaigns to a covert advertising program that overlooks what he calls the company’s “meagre” environmental standards and failure to meet past sustainability goals. Inside the bad math that lets Coca-Cola say it gives back all the water it uses 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z North Koreans are compelled to spend six days a week working for the state for meagre wages. What life is like for ordinary North Koreans 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z At one time, they fished as a means of eking out a meagre living. Kings of the wild frontier 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Rather, it is a way to boost their meagre incomes. Lebanon’s prime minister vows to pose for selfies with 6,000 women if he wins 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The meagre justification was “particularly egregious”, he wrote, “in light of the reliance interests involved”. A federal judge orders Donald Trump to reinstate DACA 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z And while many farmers rely on second jobs to subsidise meagre yields, unemployment has rocketed since 2013. Nigeria's tin mine healing ancient rifts 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Such handouts are often dubbed “fruit money” as they are too meagre to pay for anything else. Hong Kong's 'cardboard grannies': the elderly box collectors living in poverty 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z On the site’s discussion boards, sellers swapped stories of unfair competition from scammers, insufficient payments from Fiverr, capricious rules, meagre sales and endless hours. How to get rich quick in Silicon Valley | Corey Pein 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z The project annoys politicians in Mogadishu, who fear losing more of their already meagre authority. Emiratis plough millions into a country that no one recognises: Somaliland 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Next, compare their meagre combined free cashflow last year to the amount they would need to earn a 10% return on capital. Subscribers are the new, new thing in business 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Ordinary people left with no other choice are turning to unofficial channels, with many taking advantage of the demand for drugs to supplement their meagre wages. 'It feels like we're all dying slowly': Venezuela's doctors losing hope 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z The application of research results for the benefit of society is still disturbingly low, however, owing to meagre public support and too few industries based on science and technology. Sciences unite in Spain to promote research for advancing society 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Although the meagre consolation of the Europa League awaits, next season would be the second in three spent outside Europe’s premier club competition. Chelsea fear massive cost of missing out on Champions League | Dominic Fifield 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z The Farc, who kept their acronym when they transformed from an insurgency into a political party, took a meagre 0.33% of the vote. Colombian former rebels shunned as critics of peace deal dominate election 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z The Telegraph's Michael Deacon says Mr Goldring looked "a meagre, helpless sort of creature... as though a policeman were shining a torch in the face of a baby vole". Charities facing further sex claims 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Here too the banks’ offerings often carry meagre rates. American banks pay depositors less than online accounts 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z He spent his meagre income from scrap metal on a cache of huge guns and a giant gasoline tank, for fighting or fleeing when the authorities showed up. A riveting memoir of a brutal upbringing 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Filipinos would be running the risk of a constitutional coup for meagre and uncertain benefits. Changing the constitution of the Philippines may prove perilous 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z To make matters worse, the expensive health insurance offered to teachers eats into already meagre pay. What's the matter with Oklahoma? 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z That frailty, and the fact Edna lived a simple life with meagre possessions, made the brutality of her murder in August 1984 all the more shocking. Living in the shadow of an unsolved murder 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z People's resources were more meagre and essentials such as food and clothing took a bigger share of the budget. How did households budget in 1957? 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Moreover, big picture policy challenges - the quality of NHS services, the skills shortage and meagre economic growth - will simply not be addressed. The countries that get by without a government 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z But he underestimated swelling discontent over meagre public support for the growing middle class. What Sebastián Piñera’s victory in Chile’s presidential election means 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Worse, even the meagre initial benefits going to ordinary families are here today, gone tomorrow, because of two provisions in the bill that are not in the headlines. The Republican tax bill is an American tragedy, built with brute-force politics | Richard Reeves 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z They soak up the waves of adulation from fans hoping for a meagre reciprocating “like” or even a “hi”. Daisy Ridley is right to quit social media. Actors should be seen and not followed | Ryan Gilbey 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z My family of origin was pretty meagre in the affection/comforting resources that kids needed. A Healthy Dose of Guilt 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z There is a meagre and dwindling cache of medical supplies inside the camp – and a fraught supply chain bringing more in – but refugees fear what will happen when these run out. ‘The situation is critical’: cholera fears on Manus as water and medicine run out | Ben Doherty 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z People with metastatic bladder cancer once faced meagre treatment options and a grim prognosis. Therapeutics: Spoilt for choice : Nature : Nature Research 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z He supplemented his meagre pension growing vegetables and selling the surplus to the local shops. Born in 1896 and still going: meet the world's oldest man (probably) 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z The farm fields around Hershey don’t employ many people, but they sell their produce to local cooperatives so residents can buy them to supplement their meagre monthly rations of state-produced or imported food. Organic or starve: can Cuba's new farming model provide food security? 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z He is expected to tell Congress that Iran is not meeting certain conditions set by US law; that the deal's benefits are too meagre, for example, to justify continued sanctions relief. Trump poised to abandon Iran deal 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Others work at the bottom of complex and often untransparent supply chains - producing everything from jewellery, cosmetics and garments - where they work long hours under strenuous condition for a meagre wage and with little freedoms. UN defends slavery figures after Indian spy agency advised Modi to 'discredit' them 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z After an uneasy start to the season, in which Leicester City have earned a meagre five points, Craig Shakespeare can find some respite before they host West Bromwich Albion on 16 October. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z For Gabriel it is the meagre subsistence that his salary affords. Clueless on Cuba’s economy 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Pensions were meagre; unemployment insurance was mainly for skilled men; health insurance excluded hospital care, and spouses and children. Why we need the welfare state more than ever 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Given all this, it is alarming that many low- and middle-income countries are devoting more of their meagre cancer-care budgets to technology, especially through the private sector. Cancer patients need better care, not just more technology 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Meantime she supplements her husband’s meagre factory wages and her father’s pension by working three days a week in a bodega, earning $23 over that period. 'Proud to be Mexican': Meet the baby whose huge image gazes over the border 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Despite this meagre income, he managed to recast Maxwell's equations, introducing vectors to represent the magnitude and direction of electrical and magnetic fields. Engineering: Reclusive genius who connected the world : Nature : Nature Research 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Latin America’s labour markets are characterised by high job turnover, low pay and meagre investment in skills both by firms and workers, according to the IDB. Solving Latin America’s skills crisis 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Much may depend on how meagre it is. Brazil’s congress decides not to put Michel Temer on trial 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z It’s a long established rite of passage for successive generations tired of scratching meagre livings from this region of dry highlands dotted with corn fields, guava groves and prickly pear cacti. Why did 10 migrants die in this truck in Texas? 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z It was the same story throughout her cricketing career - playing solely for the glory of winning, and for meagre playing expenses, interspersed with bouts of fundraising to keep the women's cricket show on the road. Women's World Cup: Lynne Thomas and the cricket spirit of 1973 - BBC News 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Provisions for the poorest look meagre compared with social-housing programmes in America or Britain. Why 80% of Singaporeans live in government-built flats 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z The actual figure for total worldwide revenue was a meagre $1.8bn. A reality check for virtual headsets 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z As people see the cost, and the meagre gains, of this massive upheaval, there will be more people who admit that they got it wrong. Is Brexit an error? Now even Vote Leave’s chief is having doubts | Jonathan Freedland 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z Rocky hillsides are interspersed with meagre terraced plots, good only for subsistence. 'He used the sari as a noose': poverty and despair in India's rural rat trap 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z A few have also sought to augment their meagre salaries unwisely. Crime and despair in Baltimore 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Oddly, Trinity Lutheran gives the lower courts meagre guidance on the question. The Supreme Court sides with the church in a playground dispute 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Without the firewood, there would be nothing for people to sell to purchase food for their one meagre daily meal. One meal a day: the Lake Chad crisis in pictures 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z This direct bid for the pro-EU vote is reaping such meagre rewards because "many centre and centre-left voters still don't forgive the Liberal Democrats for joining the 2010-2015 coalition with the Conservatives," he says. General election 2017: Germans call May 'The Ice Queen' - BBC News 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Since the end of the cold war, the United States has not so much as considered using the sort of pressure it once did, and its achievements during the past quarter-century have been accordingly meagre. Israel-Palestine: the real reason there’s still no peace 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z But it is a meagre base from which to build a true opposition force. What does Marine Le Pen do now? - BBC News 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z Some also wasted away on meagre rations in unsanitary conditions, dying of hunger and disease, but overall numbers never fell. Libya: public slave auctions regularly taking place, survivors say 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Even when those who survived the accusations levelled against them were later exonerated, only meagre reparations were made. Margaret Atwood, the Prophet of Dystopia 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Yet even as the humanitarian crisis grows, the international response remains meagre. Uganda at breaking point as Bidi Bidi becomes world's largest refugee camp 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z There are no lawyers made rich on the meagre fees paid for by legal aid cases. Anita Cobby murder: 'Everyone in the car that dreadful night had a passport to doom' 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z I imagine I’d be surviving on meagre benefits in a tower block, most likely stoned and angry at a world that robbed me of opportunity at the age of 17. A moment that changed me: having an abortion, aged 17 | Tiff Stevenson 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Those held inside are forced to work without pay, or on meagre rations, and their captors regularly call family at home demanding a ransom. Libya: public slave auctions regularly taking place, survivors say 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z The benefits to the North Korean regime are obvious, bringing it hard cash while the workers receive meagre pay for their labour. Malaysia and North Korea - a friendship on ice - BBC News 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Jorge Valdéz Rivera emerged in tears from the airport security doors at Mexico City’s international terminal, clutching a small rucksack with a few meagre belongings he’d salvaged from his American life. Mexico City's deportee work program hopes to help ousted migrants resettle 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Vásquez has been providing his family with meagre rations by helping people who have their plots closer to the village. Lush heartlands of Nicaragua’s Miskito people spark deadly land disputes | Mira Galanova 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Leung, the outgoing leader, was nicknamed “689” to reflect the meagre number of votes he received from the election committee to make him chief executive: just 689 out of 1,200. We must resist until China gives Hong Kong a say in our future 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z All were after the same thing: nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus that they couldn’t extract from the meagre soil. The long reach of the monster plant 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z The abolition of the electoral college also is long overdue; its peculiar mechanisms eked out a meagre victory for the loser of the popular vote. We could’ve avoided President Donald Trump. Now, we must learn the lessons | Rebecca Solnit 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z His only compensation was a meagre two leap seconds. Who was second-longest serving US president? - BBC News 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Now living in poverty in Spain, he supplements his meagre income with prize money from municipal literary competitions. A Neglected South American Masterpiece 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z A commentator in Germany's Die Welt finds Mr Obama's political achievements meagre and his foreign policy record even "catastrophic", accusing him of being too timid on Iran, Russia and Syria. World media: 'We will miss Obama' - BBC News 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Agnes’s family are not rich to begin with, but things really get desperate when her father Richard loses their meagre savings on a dodgy investment and slumps into depression. Anne Brontë: the sister who got there first 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Getting people in rural areas onto the national grid is proving too difficult and traditional solar panels generate meagre amounts of energy. Five African inventions to look out for in 2017 - BBC News 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z Canada's food guide first appeared in 1942 under the title Official Food Rules and was originally created to help Canadians stay strong and healthy despite meagre wartime rations. Canada's healthy-eating guide fights to stay relevant - BBC News 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Although his initial pickings were meagre, it was not long before the gold and silver of the Aztec and Inca world were flooding back to Europe. Peter Frankopan: The events of 1498 changed our world - BBC News 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z She talks despairingly of life in the camp, where families survive on meagre rations and rates of mental illness – and even suicide among children – are rising. Mass atrocities feared in South Sudan as ethnic violence is stoked by hunger 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Distribution channels were meagre; there were not enough bookstores in the United States, and publishers relied on book clubs to sell the product. How the publishing industry took on the taboo. 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z The tax is aimed at bolstering the city’s meagre supply of rental stock. Vancouver hopes to cool off housing market with a tax on empty homes 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Compared to the meagre gruel that Republicans had fed the media before his candidacy, this flamboyant 69-year-old made news from the moment he opened his mouth. An election day no one saw coming: how the 2016 campaign tore up the rule book 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z In the US and UK, official rates remain in positive territory but they are not far off zero, making returns meagre for savers. Gold: key trends helping the metal keep its shine 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z His career in the police is finished and he supports a wife and two young children with meagre disability benefits. 'Most people here die in silence': Inside the fight to save Yemen's health system - BBC News 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Other areas of science get more meagre funding, but Cuba still boasts some bright spots. Can Cuban science go global? 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z It is clearly a priority for Mr Kim, who seems to be devoting even more of North Korea’s relatively meagre resources to it than his father did. North Korea has carried out a fifth nuclear test 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z I also hear, repeatedly, of lecturers working at low-paid jobs in restaurants and department stores to supplement their meagre wages. Life in academic poverty as an underpaid university teacher: “They just don’t want to pay” 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z For in scientific careers, there is a growing gap between the monetary rewards showered on the few at the top and the relatively meagre compensation that trickles down to the rest. Socio-economic inequality in science is on the rise 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Corporate titans known as robber barons amassed fortunes on the backs of workers who toiled for meagre pay in difficult conditions. The mysterious lynching of Frank Little: activist who fought inequality and lost 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z This weekend Theresa May resisted calls to improve on that meagre offer. The Guardian view on Syria, the ceasefire and the aid convoy attack: a new low | Editorial 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Next, itinerant thrill-seeker: the relatively meagre proceeds from equipment sales allowed him to continue to pursue an intrepid life of risky recreation in the outdoors. Patagonia’s Philosopher-King 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z In a world of meagre measurement and inadequate oversight, many argue the findings were a significant underestimate of the nationwide strain on the system. The human toll of America's public defender crisis 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z And since the state is struggling to pay public workers, it is entirely credible that such fines exist to supplement the officers' meagre and late salaries. Letter from Africa: Should Africa's police recruits be put through the lie detector? - BBC News 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Anette Ntakirutimana, 20, makes her meagre living working as a farm hand, and has to choose between food and money for her payment. The dark side of Uganda's gorilla tourism industry - BBC News 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Civil servants no longer hope to get their salaries on time, and in some places their already meagre pay has been slashed by half. Running out of road 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Untold others remain in prison for crimes that they never committed, and Mosby so far boasts a meagre track record on righting these past injustices. Debacle in Baltimore: Prosecutors, part of the problem, struggle with solutions 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z The mice remained on their meagre commons for three days before being returned to standard rodent chow for ten days and then put through the cycle again. Fast thinking 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z By contrast, an unskilled tunneller's mate received two shillings and tuppence, while the infantryman in the trenches pocketed a meagre one shilling and threepence. The 18 sewer men who changed the war - BBC News 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Saturday’s was an enjoyably open contest, as well as a competitive one – there were six bookings and two red cards – in front of a meagre crowd in Glendale. USA end Copa América with Colombia loss but show fight and flair in defeat 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z David Cameron sought to portray the meagre concessions he obtained as a triumph of British sovereignty; his ordeal in fact revealed the extent to which foreign states are able to dictate Britain’s domestic policy. Britons Must Vote to Leave the E.U., and Hasten its Demise 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z He owns three shirts, four pairs of trousers, four pairs of socks and a meagre scattering of various other items. Three shirts, four pairs of trousers: meet Japan's 'hard-core' minimalists 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z Delighted investors and disgruntled money managers speak of “the Vanguard effect”, the pressure that the giant’s meagre fees put on others to cut costs. Index we trust 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z The theory is that erectus shrank to cope with the Island's relatively meagre resources. Hobbit find shows tiny humans shrank 'rapidly' - BBC News 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Already living under the shadow of poverty and food insecurity, Diffa's meagre resources are being stretched to the limit. Niger battles terrorism threats on all fronts - BBC News 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z That combination of countries ranged on opposing sides of the five-year conflict explains the conference’s meagre results. Syria: Vienna meeting agrees aid airdrops but fails to set date for talks 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z The honor it received this week is meagre compensation for its travails, but it is better than nothing. Bison Bison Bison: America’s New National Mammal 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z They were assembled from meagre rags of clothing left on three boys, aged twelve to fifteen, who happened to be a thousand yards from the bomb’s hypocenter above Hiroshima. What the Pope Saw at Hiroshima 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z In March, the Recording Industry Association of America said YouTube paid "meagre" royalties when compared to subscription music services such as Apple Music and Spotify. YouTube defended in row over music royalties - BBC News 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z In a typical dieter’s cookie, relatively meagre portions of butter and sugar are distributed evenly, and hit the taste buds in a wash of low-cal disappointment. All the Food That’s Fit to Print 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z One of the videos features how a young woman from Iowa has so much difficulity in living on meagre social security disability payments. Bernie Sanders’s Legacy? The Left May No Longer Need the Rich 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Frustrated by his meagre earnings in the cocoa fields, he left in 2003 to become a miner. In praise of small miners 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Everton have picked up just 17 points at home, with eight defeats, five draws and a meagre four victories. Roberto Martinez: Everton boss faces critical FA Cup match 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Living on a meagre wage had its challenges especially when it came to feeding us and the various visitors. The children uprooted to live the 1970s Good Life - BBC News 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z And the ingredients for such meagre meals are highly priced. Iraq: Falluja residents trapped by IS 'starving' - BBC News 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Bowler Ben Stokes had been part of a death squad that had conceded a meagre 20 runs off the last four overs in the semi-final win against New Zealand. World Twenty20: T20 is keeping West Indies cricket alive 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z There were too many risks for the meagre rewards on offer. World Twenty20 2016: Jonathan Agnew on England's semi-finals 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z City have played 11 matches against them, winning only one, drawing three and losing seven for a meagre return of six points. 'Man City were in decline long before Guardiola was announced' 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z But Mr Obama’s opening to Cuba has so far yielded meagre political benefits. Hello, Barry 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Being unemployed, Christine says it is challenging to live off her meagre savings. Pets, debts and e-cigarettes: how millennials spend their pay cheques 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z At best, they worked for wages so meagre that they found their GDP per head eventually falling below that of their war-torn neighbours in Cambodia or Laos. Myanmar’s moment of truth | Nick Davies 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Rather than unveiling scoops in the middle of the night, to meagre audiences, Levin and his reporters often took the best material to more established shows like “Access Hollywood,” or to CNN and Fox News. TMZ Redefines Celebrity Dirt 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Even then, Robinson was reluctant to concede that a celestial body as meagre as the centre of our solar system could have overwhelmed him. How Sugar Ray Robinson made Jake La Motta his bloody Valentine in 1951 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Instead, gelding-dopers tinker with another source of testosterone, the adrenal glands—their weapons of choice being drugs that enhance the effect of this more meagre testosterone supply. No more horsing around 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z But the industry is also rife with disappointments: endless toil that produces meagre returns; and dreams of reinventing the world that turn into just another tough and insecure job. The other side of paradise 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z In 2008, at the height of the global financial crisis, tens of millions of migrants simply went back to rural areas, tilling fields or scrabbling for meagre pay in villages. Shocks and absorbers 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The meagre contribution to the military fight against Islamic State after the Paris attacks was all the mentally demilitarised country could muster. Can Germany be Europe's Zinedine Zidane? - BBC News 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z These meagre remains “are clearly insufficient to say if the animal was bipedal or quadrupedal, and what would be its body proportions”, Herve Bocherens, a researcher at Tübingen University in Germany, said. Earth's largest ever ape died out because it refused to eat its greens – study 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Journalists were also shown the militia group’s supply room, which was surprisingly meagre for a group talking about months of occupation. Oregon armed occupiers include prominent anti-Islam activist 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z "Anything with a 'B' in front of it is clearly tempting but we are very, very happy with our meagre pickings," ARU chief executive Bill Pulver told reporters in Sydney. Australia Rugby Union seals bumper new TV deal 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Alcoholism is widespread in Dolpo, and the few tiny shops we saw offered Chinese liquor among their meagre wares, though most people drank homemade raksi, a hard liquor made from grain. Clinic in the Clouds 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The meagre hopes I had from the outset that this explanation would clarify the precise circumstances of my father’s murder have been dashed.” German woman on trial for Neo-nazi murders breaks silence over attacks 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z But it's still hard for him to hold back his tears as he surveys the damage inside the house that he'd built with his meagre savings, nearly two decades ago. Chennai floods: 'We are lucky to be alive' - BBC News 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z This would seem to bode well for Seattle, who are giving up a meagre 92.9 yards per game on the ground. NFL weekend predictions: Jets have enough to master the Giants 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Their combined strength has seen the rolling back of even the meagre regulations that were in place, including the lapsing in 2004 of the assault weapons ban that Reagan had supported. Day after San Bernardino, Republicans line up to crush gun control efforts 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z My comprehension is so meagre that, here in Italy, it doesn’t help me. In Translation 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z The result—exacerbated by meagre EU support for Greece—is chaos. David Miliband: Don't Conflate Terrorists With Refugees 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z “Our social services were meagre to start with,” says Mr Dart. Rauner v the rest 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The band promised new material to accompany their tour, acknowledging that their back catalogue was currently rather meagre. Busted announce reunion tour and new music for 2016 - BBC News 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z The former general, who toppled Egypt’s first democratically elected president in 2013 and was elected himself a year later against meagre opposition, desperately seeks legitimacy. Two crackdowns expected 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z But the DSA has gone to Congress to fight the idea; it commissioned a report to rebut the notion that meagre retail sales imply a pyramid scheme. Pharaonic creations 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z It said the chances of 2016 being the year when the global recovery regained momentum were now “meagre”. Slowing growth in China raises red flag for global economy 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Yet these are so meagre that for most the rise will buy just one or two extra bags of rice. Blast from the past 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z In one sense, this is not a surprise given its meagre return of one seat in May in return for its nearly four million voters. UKIP conference: What to expect - BBC News 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z A farm labourer from Homs, sitting on meagre rations in a Lebanese camp with his wife and four children, is hardly likely to find that sort of money for the six of them. Five new reflections on Europe's migrant crisis - BBC News 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Although the standard pay for Arizona League players is meagre, high draft picks are offered a one-time signing bonus. The professional baseball league played in 43C heat - BBC News 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z The meagre crowd might partly be explained by the ambivalence of some New Orleanians towards this high-profile anniversary of a trauma that many would prefer to forget. Hurricane Katrina: New Orleans wrestles with marking the day it wants to forget 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Her mother lived mostly on credit and it was a meagre existence. The family who never knew their father - BBC News 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Bob talks of meagre food rations, brutal torture at the hands of the guards and, poignantly, of the deaths of his fellow prisoners. Burma POW's diary reveals suffering and starvation - BBC News 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z The amount was so meagre that gross malnutrition led to loss of vision or unrelenting nerve pain. VJ Day: Surviving the horrors of Japan's WW2 camps - BBC News 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z The term applies to liberal intellectuals, NGO workers, and activists – not to mock their meagre finances, but to deflate the staged asceticism of people who are presumed to be well off. India’s war on Greenpeace | Samanth Subramanian 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z In exchange for this meagre salary, the government takes away almost all prospect of personal choice. It's not at war, but up to 3% of its people have fled. What is going on in Eritrea? 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z For many of them the contradiction Dostoevsky noticed between extravagant promise and meagre means has become intolerable. How to think about Islamic State 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z For five months, they have been sleeping on meagre mattresses in a vast room that lacks any glass on its windows and a lock on the door. Underage African footballers 'trafficked' to Laos - BBC News 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Of course, companies pay tax on profits not revenues and, here as elsewhere, what meagre profits there are seem to evaporate like the morning mist. Amazon’s profitless path - BBC News 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z There was only a minor change to the wording on presidential qualifications, and meagre new powers for state and regional parliaments. Viewpoint: Aung San Suu Kyi still in running for Myanmar presidency - BBC News 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z To cope with the city’s gargantuan problems on a meagre budget, he used stunts and gestures—changing software rather than hardware, as he put it. Dramatic solutions 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z To supplement this meagre itinerary, I had arranged appointments with a banker, an equity portfolio manager and the founder of an internet retail group. ‘It’s not like Argo’: the trials of a tour guide in Iran 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Our truths are too meagre and mammal to rise to our hopes of what life ought to be. Why Love Lyrics Last 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Once married, most students will graduate to kollels, smaller institutes where they live off a meagre stipend, government benefits and perhaps their wives’ modest salaries. Eat, pray, don’t work 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Let me dispel that misconception: in the original film they only appear on screen for a meagre 15 of 127 minutes. The star of Jurassic World isn’t T-Rex. It’s Malcolm | Philip Oltermann 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z The fees it will pay them for streaming will be even more meagre than those they get from downloads. The second revolution 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Pitch black, with only the meagre light from your helmet to guide you. How my father gave me a terrifying lesson at 10 - BBC News 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z He was a nice, quiet child, they told me, who hunted doves and meerkat, and helped cook and farm as the family eked out a meagre existence: no electricity or running water, starvation wages. The odd couple: why an apartheid activist joined forces with a murderer 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Social graces get you meagre results in a shuttered town. “The Prospectors” 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Many top French footballers earn huge sums—abroad; rewards for playing the game in France are meagre. Ellipsoid beats sphere 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z To eat, they cook meagre rations on open fires. Burundi unrest leaves 50,000 refugees facing dire conditions in Tanzania 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z This activity is expected to boost economic growth from last year’s meagre 1.3%. Picturesque, but doing poorly 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Neither can he conjure a Test-ready spinner from the meagre selection on show in county cricket. History repeats on Strauss & England 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Manager Michael Constantine said: "We tell the story through the eyes of those who took part, whether that's Charles I or the servant girl lamenting meagre rations." Civil War centre opens in Newark - BBC News 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z "The pay was meagre and I moved on to find better paid work in Nigeria." The Mediterranean's migrant survivors - BBC News 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Actual evidence of federal tyranny is a bit meagre—in part because the NRA is so good at whipping Washington politicians into line. Why the gun lobby is winning 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Food rations, always meagre, were cut to less than minimal: a bowl of rutabaga soup and some ersatz bread would have to sustain a prisoner doing heavy labor. How the Concentration Camps Worked 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z The confectionery looks exquisite but the portions are decidedly meagre. Is this the sweetshop of the future? 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z There is of course no access to sanitation; people cook their meagre repasts on coal furnaces inside the tents – one of the major causes of death in India. India: The Road To Jaipur (And Back) -- Challenges of Destitution And Infrastructure 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z I wasn't able to look after my family with my meagre wages as a hairdresser. The Mediterranean's migrant survivors - BBC News 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The game lasted a meagre 55.3 overs in total yet saw 19 wickets tumble. A sneak preview of World Cup final? 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Prices are cooling in the east, with Chinese inflation a meagre 0.8%. The high cost of falling prices 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Such meagre security is fine in normal times, when shifts of 0.1% a day are the norm. Swiss miss 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z He was in obvious discomfort and it seemed impossible that the meagre amount of liquids they were able to give him orally could sustain him. Complexities of Choosing an End Game for Dementia 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z A group of students recently rode a makeshift raft held afloat only with packets of Korean-branded crisps, in protest at their meagre contents. Won over 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Yet our conceptual vocabulary for understanding this pathology, let alone combatting it, remains conspicuously meagre. Can Corruption Be Eradicated? 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z In the Oklahoma Panhandle, the most remote area of the state, recent rainfall has been so meagre that fears have been kindled of a return to the apocalyptic Dust Bowl scenes of the 1930s. Science: Best long reads of 2014 (part two) 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Aberdeen Bay was where Hong Kong boat people lived cheek by jowl and tried to make a meagre living. Swan Song In Hong Kong? 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Farmers who dig for fossils do so to supplement their meagre incomes and are well aware that complete and spectacular specimens are worth far more than the fragmentary remains. How Fake Fossils Pervert Paleontology [Excerpt] 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z They were all pretty boring, and the meagre rewards for doing them meant I stopped about a third of the way into the game to focus on the story. 'Assassin's Creed: Unity' review: bigger doesn't mean better 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Landing on a comet, with meagre gravity and precarious terrain, was always going to be dicey. Is comet landing mission worth the cost? 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z It's a lofty statement and sadly not reflected in either the underwhelming targets or the meagre un-targeted funding the document alludes to. Chris Boardman: 'Why I won't let my eight-year-old cycle on the road' 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z He has come across examples of Bulgarian “au pairs” who were actually women in their 40s and 50s, working 40 or 50 hours a week for this pretty meagre “pocket money”. Au pairs on a pittance: the young women minding kids for £2 an hour 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z Given the US’s habitual dominance in World Cup qualifying, this was a stilted performance from Jill Ellis’s side and a meagre scoreline. USA women execute World Cup plan but Trinidad and Tobago impress 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Frequently the loan remains unpaid back from meagre earnings and people are repeatedly resold. Who is Nobel peace prize winner Kailash Satyarthi? 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z But the scale and nature of the attack suggested organised violence and the police presence remained meagre. Hong Kong protesters beaten and bloodied as thugs attack sit-in 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z The Liverpool manager made his first public criticism of Balotelli following the 24-year-old’s meagre contribution in the Champions League defeat by Basel on Wednesday, admitting the Italian’s creativity and strike rate must improve. Mario Balotelli was the best Liverpool could get, admits Brendan Rodgers 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Instead it is struggling to manage its meagre reserves, which hover at around $28 billion. Thumbs down 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z But the kickbacks demanded by local officials means his profits are meagre. Should Australia's refugees be sent to Cambodia? 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z By contrast, Team Europe’s homes grew by a meagre 4.8% in the same period. Why Team USA Has Won The (Real Estate) Ryder Cup 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z They send their savings abroad, where they earn meagre returns. Three illusions 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z This meagre fare proved the precursor to the game’s one genuine “ooh” moment for the home faithful. Manchester City hit seven past Sheffield Wednesday in Capital One Cup 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Not that we aren’t pathetically grateful that our lives are given some small amount of meaning and meagre justification, you understand. Football transfer rumours: Fergie to tempt Ronaldo to Manchester United? 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Not so: KBC’s “contingent convertible” bonds, designed to lose all their value in a crisis, yield a meagre 4% a year. Mass conversion 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z And this plan to despatch teachers, however meagre, shows that Whitehall is now thinking spatially. London's GCSE lessons for England 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Ms Sacher says that this ban creates hardship and poverty for tens of thousands of families, who are prevented from making a meagre, but desperately needed, living. Fifa World Cup 'hits the poorest hardest' 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z However, those rewards may be more meagre than venture capitalists are accustomed to earning on tech firms. Read all about it 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z So that leaves you with the phone’s internal memory, usually pretty meagre… But adding insult to injury, carriers and manufacturers then install “bloatware”. Android Circuit: What Can The iPhone 6 Learn From Android, Samsung Calls Up Nokia To Fight Google, And Two More Smartwatches Are Announced. 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z A report detailing the supposedly meagre costs of scientific misconduct has set off an online discussion about the real toll of shoddy science. The cost of misconduct : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z The man's methods may be extreme, but some travellers - unable to work on their laptops, eat, or simply enjoy the meagre proportions of economy class to the full as a result of leaners-back - will sympathise. The etiquette of reclining seats on flights 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z So that leaves you with the phone’s internal memory, usually pretty meagre. Mobile Carriers: Stop Crippling Android With Your Annoying Bloatware 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Back-up bowlers: To some extent, the brilliance of James Anderson and Stuart Broad, who took 44 wickets between them in the series, masked the relatively meagre returns of the team's other seamers. England: What's fixed and what's still broken? 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z The second of those enjoys bipartisan support, but Democrats are mostly hostile to the Republican desire to overhaul America's federal welfare system – which, compared to other countries, is already meagre. Paul Ryan's radical poverty plan: scrap welfare and divert money to states 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Even to achieve a meagre average global growth rate of 3% we have to make labour "more flexible", the economy more globalised. The best of capitalism is over for rich countries – and for the poor ones it will be over by 2060 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z In the Oklahoma Panhandle, the most remote area of the state, recent rainfall has been so meagre that fears have been kindled of a return to the apocalyptic "Dust Bowl" scenes of the 1930s. Oklahoma drought kindles spectre of 1930s 'Dust Bowl' 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z That night, for our meagre £1.50, we got more than we had bargained for. Songs of praise to David Lynch, film's king of mood music 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Here was a dilemma: the trial would be an appalling waste of meagre public money, yet some of us thought that it would be better than unknown cells being injected into children. Stem cells: Taking a stand against pseudoscience 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Mark Ramprakash, for example, averaged 53 in first-class cricket but never seemed to adapt to the demands of Tests as he scored only two centuries in 52 matches and averaged a meagre 27. Secrets of how to pick a Test squad 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z In her opinion, scientific funding is far too meagre and too concentrated. Winner takes all in science : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Despite experiencing regional economic growth in recent years, Africa commands a meagre 1.5% share of the world's total manufacturing output, according to the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation. Is manufacturing taking off in Africa? 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Rangers' squad boasts a staggering 4,264 Premier League appearances as opposed to a meagre 170 in the Derby squad. QPR promoted amid flying teacups & knockout blows 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Adding to the gloom, the meagre growth was unbalanced. Time to be bold 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z A meagre catch: one bag of corn snacks and a six-pack of yogurts. European elections: Living out of bins in France 2014-05-06T10:15:37Z Maria Nikolaevna watched over her granddaughter and cooked their meagre meals. Lyudmila Ulitskaya: “The Fugitive.” 2014-05-05T04:00:00Z Somehow, partial teams were fielded, though even the meagrest grounders ended up in the outfield, to be run down by Stanley Ayotte, who was proud of his arm and managed to rifle them back. Thomas McGuane: “Hubcaps.” 2014-04-14T04:00:00Z His lack of success saw him supplementing his meagre earnings by doing voiceovers for commercials and radio shows. King of the voiceover and the man thought to be VJ Day kiss sailor 2014-04-05T04:35:30Z But it noted with concern that all reported investigations into alleged abuses were closed in 2012 "leading only to a meagre number of criminal charges brought against low-level operatives." U.N. watchdog urges Obama to review deadly drone policy 2014-03-27T12:38:30Z Meanwhile, elderly residents like Maria Nikiforovna brave the spring chill to collect their meagre pensions. Fear and unease in Novo-Ozyorne 2014-03-15T00:22:08Z It offered a meagre salary, hardly any promotions, no special risk benefits - and no recognition. Peshawar bomb disposal teams suffer heavy toll 2014-03-11T21:59:33Z She lent the money to her boss to earn more interest than the meagre rate offered by the bank. The shadowy threat from China’s lenders 2014-03-06T12:00:45Z Now, his meagre food rations are stored on the unheated balcony. The North Koreans longing for home 2014-03-05T00:53:23Z But unbeknown to them, this apparently nutritious addition to their meagre diet in fact put them in greater peril. An Australian hero's story of survival 2014-02-27T21:20:00Z There, a meagre 3 golds and 15 total for Russia seemed proof of its gradual decline as a winter sports power since Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. Sochi comes to a close: The most expensive Olympics ever 2014-02-23T16:40:00Z JD’s rush to float, despite its meagre profits, is no accident. E-commerce in China: No profits, we promise 2014-02-13T15:59:50Z Cancer cases and mortality are increasing in poor countries partly because diagnosis and care is meagre. Daily chart: New victims 2014-02-11T15:46:42Z But Sutton remembers one occasion when, carrying his meagre rations in a paper bag, he took his girlfriend out to dinner at the most expensive restaurant in Minneapolis. The Minnesota starvation experiment 2014-01-20T00:41:48Z If reducing poverty just amounts to ushering Americans to a somewhat less meagre existence, it may be a worthwhile endeavour but is hardly satisfying. Anti-poverty programmes: Are we helping the poor? 2013-12-18T16:52:59Z At the moment, Chile's schools and universities rely heavily on household funding to supplement the meagre contributions they get from the state. Great expectations for Chile's new president 2013-12-16T09:33:42Z Inside, volunteers are hard at work, raising funds, drawing up campaign strategies and deploying the party's meagre resources. Why is India's anti-corruption party creating waves? 2013-11-29T01:22:53Z In terms of domestic legislation, his record of achievement was relatively meagre. The JFK myth v reality 2013-11-22T09:50:39Z We know Richard III had a very meagre night-time burial, probably just a basic requiem. Discovery reveals how to rebury a medieval king 2013-11-22T00:19:56Z Because the law requires insurers to cover certain services and forbids them to raise prices for the sick, wonks always knew that it would prompt insurers to end meagre, discriminatory plans—that was the point. The presidency: Emergency surgery 2013-11-21T16:03:54Z As long as the recovery remains so insipid, disinflationary pressures will remain intense in the euro area.The mixture of meagre growth and low inflation is dangerous. Euro-zone economy: Call this a recovery? 2013-11-14T12:42:03Z Their land had been seized, they had been cheated they said, they now had no jobs, no farms, their meagre compensation was gone. Tensions flare over government 'land grabs' in China 2013-11-09T00:53:44Z In many cases the contribution levels are so low that the eventual pension income is likely to be relatively meagre. Plan to save salary-linked pensions 2013-11-07T14:02:58Z Now, rather than preach to thousands at the 96th Street mosque, Ali speaks to a meagre congregation of 20 at the al-Hikmah Mosque, far out in the sticks of Queens, New York. The rise and fall of Shamsi Ali 2013-11-03T00:35:48Z |
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