| 单词 | pittance |
| 例句 | She had nearly caught up with the wages lost by her illness, and even though Rachel made only a pittance, it paid her room and board. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Some real estate agents worry that the hyper-rich will resent the tax, but so far wealthy homebuilders seem to regard it as a pittance compared with the other costs they incur. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Anatole earned a stipend from student teaching, an amount the other graduate students called a “pittance,” though it was much more than he and I had ever earned together in any year. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Typically, people are released from prison with only the clothes on their backs and a pittance in gate money. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He’s paid a pittance but at least he’s paid. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z What was once a fortune may become a pittance, a lost game for the heirs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He even paid us the same pittance he usually did, despite his threats. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z On Fridays black people continued to be paid for their toil in the white world, and tsotsis and other muggers continued robbing them of their hard-earned pittance, often hacking and stabbing them to death. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can arrange it. For a pittance: your shoes. I’ll give you another pair.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Hale toiled day and night for a pittance; he rode through storms—hail, lightning, sand—and survived stampedes, guiding the cattle into smaller and smaller circles before they could trample him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z As it was payday, all along the streets I met black men hurrying, hurrying, hurrying, the pittances of an eight days’ week in sweatshops jingling in their deep pockets. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact was that the administration didn’t believe they could do better, not for the pittance they were paying Ulbrickson. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In fact, the law firm would take the lion’s share of the money, leaving only a pittance for the African real estate agent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The father came home and went into the dark room to give Lucia her daily food pittance. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But she has also spent pittances for her treasures. Collecting Books That Are Just Covers 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z That’s considerably less than you might expect for a film of its prestige had it been released solely in cinemas, but it’s not exactly a pittance either. Screening out Netflix is the real danger to future of film 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z The “Hibernation” chapter in Part 2 is about a Polish village where the locals dress up like Tolkien characters to earn a pittance from visiting tourists. What Trained Bears Can Teach Us About Formerly Authoritarian Countries 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z This is in addition to proposing that he serve on a scholarship committee to allocate money from Chuck’s fortune, from which Jimmy receives a pittance. We are all Kim Wexler: “Better Call Saul” and the painful realities of mid-career crisis 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z It was 1978 and Weaver had been living in New York, sharing a flat with a friend and earning a pittance through small film and TV parts. Sigourney Weaver: 'I’m asked to play awful people all the time' 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z “You work for peanuts. A hearty ‘Well done’ from her Majesty the Queen, and a pittance of a pension. Postscript: Christopher Lee 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z A letter written in about 1494 suggests that Leonardo was not satisfied with the pittance he was getting from the Confraternity. The Virgin of the Rocks: Da Vinci decoded 2010-07-13T20:31:00Z In 1988 we had arranged a film co-production about the environmental threat to the North Sea deal with Norwegian, Danish and Dutch television companies, but the fee remained the pittance dictated by BBC regional budgets. Letters: Susannah York obituary 2011-02-08T18:37:05Z People dance for a pittance here as well. Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Writers often write for a pittance, far less than minimum wage when the hours of work are figured in. Art doesn’t pay 2012-09-30T14:00:00Z And in Argentina, Oscar Bony caused a scandal when he hired a working-class family to pose in a gallery, then paid them twice the pittance the father made on his regular job. Review: ‘Transmissions’ at MoMA Explores an Era When Art Upended Tradition 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Pretty maids, tired of earning a pittance in domestic service while being chased around a bedroom by the master, “were the most likely to engage in the sex trade.” Mike Huckabee’s worst nightmare: Meet the radical sisters who revolutionized 19th century America 2014-03-09T15:00:00Z People wait tables for a pittance in America as well. Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Not because I revealed anything particularly secret beyond run-of-the-mill complaints about my brother’s greasy metallic aroma or the lack of buying power afforded by my pittance of an allowance. Augusten Burroughs: “What did normal people do when they stopped drinking?” 2013-04-23T00:00:00Z In reflecting on her life, she wrote that André Deutsch, her employer and friend, paid her a pittance, barely enough to live on. In Life?s Latest Chapter, Feeling Free Again 2010-10-10T21:52:00Z The widowed Jaden — who promised Nur’s father, his old friend, that he would look after her — earns a pittance as a gardener, and misses his dead wife. In ‘Buggy Baby,’ Shadows Creep In 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z "Son of God," a theatrical release drawn from outtakes from "The Bible" and produced for a relative pittance of $22 million, was a box office hit last year. Television puts more faith in religious-themed projects 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z “The volume is a pittance of what it was, and the money follows along with that,” he said. A Quarantine Surprise: Americans Are Cooking More Seafood 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Public policies that demand institutional change and billions of dollars are less preferable alternatives to guns and bullets that cost a relative pittance. Donald Trump’s “Death Wish” fantasies: Guns, white vigilantism, and the right’s toxic masculinity 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Thursday's settlement, she said, offers a mere pittance. Settlement doesn't end all mortgage problems 2012-02-10T01:44:00Z Looking back on this race, the Be a Hero fund is a pittance. Last stand of the Republican moderate 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z The film is set in 1893, and was made for an apparent pittance, and its low-budget, low-fi inventiveness is more than part of its charm—it’s central to the film’s realm of ideas. Highlights from BAMCinemaFest 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z At that time, officials encouraged peasants to sell their blood for pittances. ‘Ximei’ Review: An AIDS Activist Fights Medical Injustice in China 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z The budget was $30 million, not a pittance by movie standards but hardly the kind of money Mr. Howard is used to. Making a Pit Stop in Formula One With ‘Rush’ 2013-08-28T12:16:47Z In the musical, Milky White is the cow traded by Jack — the not-so-bright boy of beanstalk fame — for a pittance of five magic beans. She’ll Have You at Moo: Milky White and the Power of Puppetry 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Another 17,400 apartments are to be built or renovated — a relative pittance considering how many hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers need subsidized housing. In Gowanus, a People’s Housing Plan to Challenge the Mayor’s 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Considering their combined total amounts to $971 million, their fiscal burden is a pittance compared to the trillions spent on defense and the military — which Trump plans on increasing. Why Trump’s budget cut for arts funding will be a cultural disaster — and makes no fiscal sense 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Why should humanitarian workers from the developed world live in greater hardship than their compatriots, and what would be said of a charity that paid its local workers, who take the greatest risks, a pittance? Worst aid 2010-04-24T23:06:00Z After all, who would know more about seeing the city on a pittance than the impoverished intellectual crowd? Frugal Traveler: London, This Time Following in More Mature Footsteps 2011-04-05T20:00:38Z I try to reach out beyond my pittance of experience and connect to the world, but it turns out one way to do that is to be honest and accurate about my own life. Instead of Sobbing, You Write Sentences: An Interview with Charles D'Ambrosio 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z The balance of power is also on their side: they’re not poor hillbillies being made to dance for a pittance, but prosperous businesspeople enjoying their life. Back to the Land: NBC’s The Farm Spinoff Failed, But Networks Shouldn’t Abandon the Country 2013-03-15T13:53:56Z But show some restraint, and you can get out of here for a pittance. Celebrating Tax Day 2011-04-15T17:28:00Z The actors were, with rare exceptions, unknowns working for a pittance. Ted V. Mikels, Master of Low-Budget Cult Favorites, Dies at 87 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Although Rembrandt enjoyed worldwide fame in his lifetime, in the end he spent far beyond his means, filed for bankruptcy and was living on a pittance. Rembrandt Died 350 Years Ago. Why He Matters Today. 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z The in-canon story details Jar Jar’s demotion to the status of a lowly Naboo street performer, destined to pratfall and gurn for a pittance in galactic credits for the rest of his days. A modern space opera: has Star Wars escaped the George Lucas worldview? 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Especially with services like Spotify and Pandora, where the actual amount of money that gets to artists is just a pittance — that’s not fair. A Conversation with Bonnie Raitt 2013-10-11T09:45:43Z "The contest rules say I get a pittance," she explained. Seattle mom honored as a really bad writer 2010-06-30T12:23:00Z “Who else but a jealous rival would have seen to it that ‘Figaro’ closed so promptly, that Mozart got only a pittance from the Emperor as a minor functionary, any number of things.” Peter Shaffer, acclaimed British playwright of ‘Equus’ and ‘Amadeus,’ dies at 90 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Fun, and yet her income was a pittance, she was the poorest of all her friends, and health insurance was long a luxury. Martha is back on ‘The Americans,’ and Alison Wright has finally arrived 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z The manuscript was auctioned for a pittance in 1885, and soon disappeared altogether. Is a Long-Dismissed Forgery Actually the Oldest Known Biblical Manuscript? 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z The workers were paid a pittance for their labor, but in the 1970s Mali was gripped by famine; any money was better than none. African Art Is Under Threat in Djenne-Djenno 2012-08-02T12:00:00Z The champion receives $2,500, a pittance compared to the National Spelling Bee’s first prize of $50,000, but worth a middle-schooler’s time and effort all the same. Top spellers prepare to crown national champion, from home 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z In the early 20th century, Lewis Hine photographed working children, grimy and exhausted, in mills and factories where they were paid a pittance. Perspective | A new generation of portraits asks: Can you see these people? 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z To sell oranges in a market for a pittance, you must fight for space. ‘Horses of God,’ Nabil Ayouch’s Film About Islamic Extremism 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Eventually there was mass clemency for both sides, a pittance of money for guards as well as prisoners, and never, to this day, an admission of wrongdoing by the state. ‘Blood in the Water,’ a Gripping Account of the Attica Prison Uprising 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z His canvases may still be selling for a relative pittance, but the Pablo Picasso who shows up at a Parisian bar in 1904 is making a killing on personality. Keegan gives bright rendering to Steve Martin’s ‘Picasso at the Lapin Agile’ 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z The concertos were inventoried at a pittance after the Margrave’s death in 1734 and gathered dust for more than a century. Music Review: Another Merry Christmas With the ?Brandenburgs? 2010-12-20T23:03:32Z Taking his inspiration from Whitman’s journals, Acouin imagines the poet’s humanitarian mindfulness as a kind of Dante-esque descent into a hellish morass of suffering where there can only be a pittance of healing. Walt Whitman's operatic America in 'Crossing' gets its West Coast premiere 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z He acquired them mainly at railroad hobbyist fairs, paying pittances for each and taking home dozens at a time. Antiques: A Collector of Railroad Photos Uses Them to Track the Past 2013-06-27T22:02:44Z My time in the Windy City, which included a historical walking tour, free dance classes and delicious food and drink, cost me a pittance. Through Three Neighborhoods, Revisiting Chicago’s Charms 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Instead, he identifies and occupies the spaces that artists can still claim — or rent for a pittance — within a vastly altered New York. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z The money, no doubt, was welcome, but the amount involved was a relative pittance. Perspective | Two major museums are turning down Sackler donations. Will others follow? 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z If this extortion did not work, he would wait until nothing was left but timbers, then offer to buy the land for a pittance from the desperate, ruined family. Gene Weingarten: Taking a page from Dan Snyder’s playbook 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z That’s a mediocre grade, but since cost just $15 million to produce, and a relative pittance to promote, it’s already close to profit status after one weekend. The Chastain Perfecta: Mama and Zero Score While Arnold Stands Down 2013-01-21T22:37:39Z When pictures of regionalist interest are by artists about whom little is known they go for a pittance. The Beauty of the Modest Auction 2011-01-21T14:30:05Z It cost the Arts Council a pittance and was supported by local arts organisations, the university and by local businesses and publishers. Letters: No go leads to no show when it comes to the arts 2011-04-10T23:05:05Z In 1656 he was forced to apply for bankruptcy, and his collection of paintings were sold off for a pittance. Rembrandt by Typex – review 2013-04-15T07:00:01Z Just remember: there are countless garment workers doing just that for a pittance an hour. Secrets of a casual seamstress: the joy of making your own clothes 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z In the early 1980s, she worked for a pittance as a botanical illustrator at Kew Gardens. How easy is it to copy a famous painting? 2013-07-22T07:00:09Z He notes that the U.S. spends a pittance on culture in comparison with nations such as France, Germany and Russia. Essential Arts & Culture: What L.A. loses if we lose the NEA; starchitecture in Hamburg; Kerry James Marshall at MOCA 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z The work he gets is not glamorous, and he's put into a position where he's making a pittance. "Lorelei" star Jena Malone: Lower-income stereotypes have always been "stigmatized but romanticized" 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z Now he says he was paid a pittance for the part. Voight worked for scale for 'Midnight Cowboy' role 2013-08-29T19:55:19Z Indeed, they are enshrined in the stinginess of American governmental support for the arts, which remains a pittance. Should the American Theater Take French Lessons? 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Then came an article in March 2018 that denounced the servitude of nuns who work for a pittance to cook and clean for clerics. The Vatican editor who exposed the sexual abuse of nuns – and took on the Pope 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z In the UK we made the beautiful and talented Cat Deeley grub around on children's television with Red and Black's Ant and Dec humiliating herself for a pittance. Why endure London Olympic hell when you can live the American dream? 2012-07-27T17:00:02Z People work at wall mart and retail jobs here for a pittance as well. Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z “The typical homeowners we see are retirees who have long since paid off their mortgage, but are maybe living on a pittance of Social Security and meager retirement funds,” she said. A new law allows homeowner to sell ADUs like condos, boosting homeownership. Here's how AB 1033 works 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z Perhaps that ranking doesn’t jell with the fact that Wagner is slated to make $5.5 million this season — a pittance compared with salaries of the top linebackers in the league. Seahawks’ Bobby Wagner, Pete Carroll share ‘moment of appreciation’ 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z And few teams have ever cut ties with a highly drafted quarterback as quickly as San Francisco did with Lance, trading him away for a pittance before the start of his third season. The 49ers’ heavy investment in Trey Lance backfires, but it hasn’t destroyed the franchise 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z By then, Germany had paid less than a sixth of the total reparations due: a pittance compared either to what it spent on the war or the damage sustained in the invaded territories. Russia, Ukraine and Versailles: Bogus lessons from history won't solve this crisis 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z But as the population soared and spending lagged, public schools grew so overcrowded that students had to attend in shifts, buildings crumbled from a lack of maintenance and inflation shrank already-low teacher salaries to pittances. In Egypt, Public Classrooms Are Empty as Private Tutors Get Rich 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z Some of Save America’s money has been used to boost other candidates, though it’s a pittance compared to how much Trump has spent on ballooning legal costs. Trump political committee splurges over $40M on lawyers’ fees as legal peril mounts 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Consequently, whatever residuals streaming companies do pay often amount to a pittance, and screenwriters have been sharing tales of receiving single digit checks. Consumer demand for speed and convenience drives labor unrest among workers in Hollywood and at UPS 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z Horsman, of Greenpeace, called that a pittance, pointing to the billions in profits oil companies have booked since the Ukraine invasion. The race to defuse an oil ‘time bomb’ disaster threatening the Red Sea 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z "Trillions and trillions of dollars in debt, for crumbs. For a pittance," he said at a Freedom Caucus news conference. “Betrayal”: MAGA Republicans rage over McCarthy deal — and threaten his speakership 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z “Trillions and trillions of dollars in debt, for crumbs. For a pittance.” House Set to Vote on Debt Limit Bill as Republican Resistance Grows 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z The family was paid a pittance for what would go on to become valuable San Francisco Bay Area property. Black Californians hope state reparations don’t become another broken promise 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z But that is a pittance compared with what the state has given up in Medicaid payments. ‘We’re Going Away’: A State’s Choice to Forgo Medicaid Funds Is Killing Hospitals 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, China is spending a comparative pittance on alternative energy. As COVID hysteria fades, climate hysteria rises 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z I’d say he’s earned some benefit of the doubt based simply on having worked the system to acquire Oliver Bjorkstrand from Columbus by trade last summer for a draft pittance. Why the Kraken’s Ron Francis might stand pat at the NHL trade deadline 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The Tax Foundation estimated that would raise $153 billion over 10 years — a relative pittance — and it could be less if companies figure out how to avoid it. Analysis | Biden’s 2022 State of the Union proposals: What flopped and what succeeded 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z He said UK nurses - who had been taking strike action - were paid a "pittance". Gary Neville: Ofcom not pursuing complaints over Qatar comments 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z But with the toll age has taken and a mere pittance stashed in the 89-year-old incumbent’s campaign bank account, it seems highly unlikely she’ll seek reelection a sixth time. Column: The fight to replace Feinstein is going to be nasty, personal and very expensive 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z But, after early fanfare, only a pittance in contributions trickled in. Ecuador Tried to Curb Drilling and Protect the Amazon. The Opposite Happened. 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z But their issues at the moment are a pittance compared to the endemic lying and corruption of the party of Donald Trump. The GOP is about to go wild with phony Biden investigations. The media must not take the bait 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z The prices are usually a pittance, and in exchange you get the thrill of being on the water and the novelty of a new skyline view. How to travel better, smarter and cheaper in 2023 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z So far, Republican state politicians have pulled a little over $4 billion from BlackRock — a pittance compared with the $133 billion that the firm has taken in this year from U.S. investors. BlackRock’s Pitch for Socially Conscious Investing Antagonizes All Sides 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z But that is a pittance compared to the hundreds of millions he owed going into the presidency, and is dwarfed by his overall losses while president. The GOP elite wants to brand Trump a loser — the humiliating release of his tax returns could help 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z “This funding is a pittance, as you can see, compared to the wealth, size and power of, say, many research facilities, let alone Elon Musk,” Kleiman said. Exclusive: Probe of Musk's Neuralink to scrutinize long-criticized U.S animal welfare regulator 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Despite the county’s size, he said it “gets a pittance” when it comes to state and federal aid for roads, courthouses and transit. So long, California: Major county votes to study secession 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z The maximum penalty it faces is $1.62 million, a pittance for Mr. Trump, who typically notched hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue during his presidency. Trump’s Company Is Guilty of Tax Fraud, a Blow to the Firm and the Man 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z The $5-million commitment Caruso’s foundation has made to Operation Progress, a nonprofit in Watts aiming to put neighborhood kids on the path to college, looks like a pittance. Column: What $104 million could buy, instead of a failed mayoral run 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z The firm initially managed around $55 million — a pittance in the financial world. How FTX’s Sister Firm Brought the Crypto Exchange Down 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Speaking in Bristol, Mandu Reid, leader of the British Women's Equality Party, accused the government of leaving mothers to work on "pittance wages" while raising children. Thousands march across UK to demand affordable childcare 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z These private arms sales are a pittance compared to the more than $17.5 billion worth of machine guns, anti-tank missiles and other security aid the White House has sent to Ukraine. She’s a Doctor. He Was a Limo Driver. They Pitched a $30 Million Arms Deal. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Compared to the billions of dollars poured into Covid vaccines, the funds for malaria are a pittance. At Long Last, Can Malaria Be Eradicated? 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z "The finance currently available is a pittance with respect to the magnitude of disasters vulnerable nations and people are facing and will face," U.N. Lack of funding in focus as Congo hosts pre-COP27 climate talks 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z While incarcerating Carneal for the rest of his life “may seem like a harsh penalty, it is only a pittance in comparison to what these families suffer.” Kentucky school shooter imprisoned 25 years seeks parole 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z For those, the net revenue to the schools is … a pittance. Mailbag: The true cost of Pac-12 Networks, Big Ten timing, the need for night games and more 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z He spent only $105,000 on the ad — a pittance in political money —and ran it on conservative-watched Fox News stations. If Newsom sees himself as president, he should move into position to run. That’s what he’s doing 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Expensive imported sports cars plied the streets of Luanda, the capital, and wealthy Angolans vacationed in luxurious Portuguese resorts, while many Angolans subsisted on pittances, denied health care and hope. José Eduardo dos Santos, Longtime Angolan Ruler, Dies at 79 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z The size of the buy is a pittance for the governor, whose reelection campaign had more than $23 million as of May 21, according to the latest filings with the secretary of state’s office. 'Join us in California': Newsom running a reelection ad — in Florida 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Hanks’s threadbare campaign raised just $124,000 — a pittance that in many places can barely pay for a competitive state legislative race. Five Takeaways From Tuesday’s Elections 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Women’s sports were included in the university budget and a “pittance” compared with the men’s, which were privately funded. Early Title IX complaint sparked career in public service for Seattleite Anne Levinson 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z That’s a pittance in a state the size of California, where the price tag of a successful gubernatorial campaign typically runs in the tens of millions of dollars. Their long-shot California dream: Beating Gov. Gavin Newsom 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z I said, No. 1, this is a pittance compared to the $2 trillion the Democrats dumped on the economy last year, producing 40-year-high inflation. On Ukraine, McConnell Tries to Show the World This Isn’t Trump’s G.O.P. 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z No more devaluing pittances of 38 cents on the dollar for women who win trophies while men make exponentially more for losing in the group stage. Perspective | It took a revolution, but the U.S. women’s soccer team got what it deserved 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z After Walker Row was sued in the lead case in 2017, it would pay only a pittance of what was owed. How 2 industries stymied justice for young lead paint victims 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Critics say the 18.4-cent-per-gallon break is a pittance for individual drivers and it would blow a roughly $20 billion hole in the Highway Trust Fund for transportation projects. From stimulus payments to tax holidays, states scramble to alleviate pain at the pump 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Initiatives to repopulate abandoned or scarcely populated villages in Italy have included town councils giving houses away or selling them for a pittance in exchange for a commitment to restore them. Italian medieval mountain hamlet reborn as city appeal dims 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z A man who kept a slave in a shed with no toilet and sent him to work for a pittance has been jailed. James McCann jailed over worker living in shed 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z He spends his time painting oil portraits of his relatives in Russia from photographs in his flat and last year sold three landscapes and two portraits for a pittance. 'Where can we go?' Fear and self-defence near Ukraine's eastern frontiers 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z He hasn't told me the amount, but I calculate that the ceiling is in the mid-six figures, a pittance relative to his 38 years of havoc and hell. Football hero: How George Visger survived the NFL and traumatic brain injury — barely 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z But many formal jobs pay a pittance, meaning the true figure of people without adequate work to live on is probably far higher. Iran's cost-of-living squeeze belies push for economic self-reliance 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z The supposedly precious aura of amateurism is supposedly imperiled by new rules that allow those who make $9 million coaches possible — the players — to earn a comparative pittance. Opinion | Two cheers for the first college football national championship of the name-image-likeness era 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Mr. El-Hibri got it all for a relative pittance, according to documents obtained by The Times. Beneath a Covid Vaccine Debacle, 30 Years of Government Culpability 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z The “big” question now is where this new chapter will take Carrie, who is newly single and probably rich enough not to have to worry too much about whatever pittance she’s earning on that podcast. How terrible is the 'Sex and the City' reboot? We duke it out 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z The committee has disclosed only $78,500 in contributions thus far, a pittance compared with the millions of dollars that will be needed to pay for signature-gathering. Column: This proposed ballot measure would make you pay for the ag industry’s water wastefulness 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z But there is criticism of how that money is distributed, with many musicians and songwriters saying they receive a pittance when their songs get played. Apple and Spotify reveal 2021's most-streamed songs 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z That’s a clue to how the ultrawealthy avoid paying more than a pittance of tax on their wealth: They borrow against it to cover living expenses. Column: Thank you, Elon Musk. You've just proved why a billionaires tax is essential 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Should he go out looking for work he knew did not exist, or beg for khat, the narcotic leaf that many people chew in Yemen, and then try to resell it for a pittance? Both his children were dying. Yemen’s crisis forced him to choose only one to save. They collectively receive about $21 million annually — a pittance in the park service’s $3.5 billion budget — and have no effect on private property rights, a finding confirmed in a 2004 report by the U.S. Plan to honor Montana’s heritage foundered when facts proved no match for fear 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z They collectively receive about $21 million annually — a pittance in the park service’s $3.5 billion budget — and have no impact on private property rights, a finding confirmed in a 2004 report by the U.S. Where Facts Were No Match for Fear 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Is that pittance fair recompense for anxiety, consternation and, for some passengers, terror? Opinion | Metro’s board made a smart but deeply troubling move this week 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Jason Amala, whose law firm represents about 1,000 claimants, said that many of them would receive a pittance under the proposed plan. Boy Scouts sex abuse victims vote on $1.9-billion settlement plan 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Items that would fetch millions of dollars in the West were sold for a pittance by armed groups and desperate Cambodian villagers. Global hunt for looted cultural treasures leads to offshore trusts 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z "There was no substance to the allegations against Rhea but it ruined her image. Khan's arrest memo shows the drug recovery was a pittance, but his family's reputation is in tatters," he said. Aryan Khan and Ashish Mishra: India gripped by tale of two sons 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z They were paid a pittance, and their employers regularly reported back to state authorities. Britney Spears, Carrie Buck and the awful history of controlling ‘unfit’ women 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Rainfall this year was a pittance and the snowpack, at its deepest, was only 59% percent of average, the California Department of Water Resources said. Newsom signs $15 billion package to fight climate change, wildfire, and drought 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Debt turned self-sufficient farmers and pastoralists into manual workers, laboring for a pittance. Agroecology Is the Solution to World Hunger 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z As in Baytown, Exxon's has over the years showered Baton Rouge institutions with millions of dollars — which as skeptics observe is a pittance for a corporation that earns tens of billions in profit every year. ExxonMobil has poured millions into communities it's accused of poisoning. Now there's blowback 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z If the British medal haul was a pittance, it was Olympic riches compared to the Americans. British and American rowing boats flop in Tokyo 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Instead of getting the 40 years for her criminal actions that she deserved, and though the federal sentencing guidelines called for about one-third of that time, Ms. Mack got a mere pittance of three years! Opinion | Ms. Mack’s sentence was too light 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z They reluctantly agreed, knowing that rural pensions paid only a pittance. Have Three Children? No Way, Many Chinese Say. 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z The hedge fund’s roughly $50 million in company shares is a pittance when weighed against the oil company’s market capitalization of nearly $247 billion. Column: Exxon Mobil's showdown with the consequences of climate change starts now 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z But after what he views as decades of underinvestment, and considering the potential long-term payoff, “it’s just a pittance,” he said. Can the Biden Agenda Fix Middle America’s Deepest Problem? 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z He was fearful it would be a lot of work for a pittance. Column: In the pandemic, businesses and nonprofits become authors 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Russian government debt held outside the country amounts to about $41 billion, according to the Russian central bank — a relative pittance in the global economy. Sanctions on Russian Debt Are Called a ‘First Salvo’ That Sends a Message 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z That’s a lot of money, but it’s less than the cost of building a new facility and would be a pittance in a $2.3 trillion infrastructure-and-more spending proposal now under consideration. National Archives scare shows why Congress needs to act 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z The agencies are now financing nearly two dozen studies, though backers of the research say the money is a pittance compared to the breadth of the problem. Can new gun violence research find a way around the political stalemate? 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z Two years ago, the 10-year Treasury paid 2.5 percent — many bond investors would happily welcome a return to those yields given that a government note bought today pays a relative pittance in interest. Fear of Inflation Finds a Foothold in the Bond Market 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z The rule took effect, but the penalty for not complying is just $300 a day — a pittance for hospitals — and there is no meaningful mechanism for active enforcement. The Trump health care policies that deserve to stick around 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z They had to beg for occasional pittances from athletic directors, usually bulldoggish former football stars who viewed them with red-faced hostility. Perspective | NCAA’s message to women’s basketball players: You’re worth less 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Neil said he expected that sum to last the network at least three years, though it’s a pittance by the standards of American cable news. Piers Morgan Can’t Wait to Bring the Worst of America Home 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z This is a pittance compared to the U.K., which sequences around 8-10% of its positive test results. Why opening restaurants is exactly what the coronavirus wants us to do 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z The Angels got Ohtani for a relative pittance and six years of organizational control, but they avoided arbitration earlier this month by giving him a two-year, $8.5 million contract through 2022. Angels’ Ohtani having more fun, still chasing 2-way dreams 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Once again, though, Ricketts wants Nebraska to stand alone among states in depriving pittances of aid for which fellow human beings are qualified. Editorial Roundup: Nebraska 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z That’s a statistically significant change, even if the dollars are a relative pittance of the federal budget. Analysis | Biden’s jab that foreign company contracts went up 30% under Trump 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z The remaining $27 billion may, on its face, look like an enormous sum, but is a pittance compared with the costs of allowing the pandemic to carry on. If Poor Countries Go Unvaccinated, a Study Says, Rich Ones Will Pay 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z But NFL teams lack patience to develop young quarterbacks in the pocket and have a financial imperative to play them because their rookie contracts consume a pittance of the salary cap. The NFL’s conference title games will feature an endangered species: The pocket passer 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z The payments end up being a pittance for higher-income, fully employed households, yet insufficient for the households that suffered large income losses. Opinion | $2,000 vs. $600 stimulus payments isn’t the real issue 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z So the widows endure, most of them earning a pittance in the wool-processing trade, which leaves their hands calloused and discolored. In a Village of Widows, the Opium Trade Has Taken a Deadly Toll 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z Yet year after year, state and federal funding for such work remains a pittance compared to the billions of dollars spent on firefighting. Billions of dollars spent on fighting California wildfires, but little on prevention 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Rather than spending tens of millions of dollars on large helicopters and pilots, even small police forces could operate tiny autonomous drones for a relative pittance. Police Drones Are Starting to Think for Themselves 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z “You get numbers that seem to be astronomical,’’ McNeil said, “but when you sit down and look at the real cost of to our country of this versus what they are paying, it’s a pittance.’ Johnson & Johnson, three other companies close in on $26 billion deal on opioid litigation 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z You don’t have to be grateful they are paying you a pittance while exploiting you. My Boss’s Drinking Is Getting Worse. How Do We Intervene? 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z It was — and is — so big that government fines and penalties that look big in absolute terms are only a pittance in Herbalife terms. Column: Why does the government let a company like Herbalife stay in business? 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z I will be counted as “returning to work” despite making a pittance comparatively to what it costs to live in Arlington. Opinion | When going back to work is worse than staying home 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Under the circumstances, the proportion of gains that flowed to workers through temporary bonuses looks like a pittance. Column: Big employers are already shortchanging their 'hero' workers 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Stripe’s money alone is a pittance, but the company believes its approach can act like a multiplier. Stripe picks $1 million in carbon-removal projects to spur industry 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Donald Trump has said there will be no more direct payments to the American people beyond the pittance provided so far. "Economic Hit Man" John Perkins on the coronavirus and our global "death economy" 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z It was a dangerous, pungent way to make a pittance, and I wonder what my Victorian sisters would think of grubbing around in the mud for the sheer joy of it. Letter of Recommendation: Mudlarking 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z We suddenly see that those who are still working in public, risking their own health – the cashiers, couriers and nurses – are those paid a pittance and often with no contractual commitments from their employers. Three weeks of lockdown in Italy has given us vital perspective – and crumbs of comfort 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Appalachia needs something akin to a Marshall Plan, not a pittance. Editorial Roundup: Ohio 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z The present deal ends in 2022 and brings in $90m annually - a pittance compared with the billions the top European leagues collect from their domestic channels. Foreign stars, $325m fees and an eye on Mexico: MLS approaches Season 25 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The money they’ve raised is a pittance compared to the more than $134 million Sanders has taken in since entering the race last year. Can Bernie be stopped? Some Democratic donors are trying 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z These include being forced to work for a pittance and in some cases tortured for disobeying prison authorities. Inside the Chinese jail behind the Christmas card scandal 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z Last year, the city’s auctions raised $12 million for its coffers, a mere pittance given the city’s $92.8 billion budget, but still enough to fill potholes. Nail Clippers, a Parking Meter and a River Barge: This Is N.Y.C.’s Yard Sale 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z She wrote dozens of these stories for women’s magazines but earned only a pittance. Girls adored ‘Little Women.’ Louisa May Alcott did not. 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Workers might have been paid a pittance to extract, manufacture, and assemble those machines, too, with comparable industrial processes similarly impacting local environments. The environmental impact of a PlayStation 4 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z If the Panthers commit to him, it would provide them the benefit of paying their quarterback a pittance. Analysis | Cam Newton’s season is over. Where he plays next is an open question. 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Women who seek a legal remedy for mistreatment often win a pittance in compensation. In China, Working Mothers Say They Are Fired or Sidelined 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z This tax raises a pittance but scratches a populist itch — resentment of excellence. Opinion | Tinkering with college diversity presents a tangled web 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z World aid offered so far has been a pittance. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Prosecutors portrayed Soliz as a dangerous individual who killed Weatherly for a “pittance of property.” Texas inmate set to be executed for killing woman in 2010 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z A little haggling ensues, and Klein gets the painting for a pittance. The Hour of Reckoning Descends in “Mr. Klein” 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z This action to open logging would provide only 1% of Southeast Alaska jobs — a pittance, compared to the importance of this temperate rainforest, and the animal species and salmon that depend on it. Tongass forest: Preserve our lands 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z After all, Sha Na Na’s performance check bounced and they were paid a pittance to be featured in the subsequent blockbuster documentary. 'In many ways, it was a miracle': looking back at Woodstock at 50 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Criticism from Capitol Hill was scathing as lawmakers from both parties slammed the punishment as a pittance for a company that notched nearly $56 billion in revenue last year. Record $5 billion fine ‘utterly fails to penalize Facebook,’ critics charge 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Many formal jobs pay a pittance, meaning the actual figure of people without adequate work is probably far higher. Iranians despair over nuclear deal confrontation 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z They just can’t make more than a relative pittance of money from it; otherwise, they’ll have to pay those whose lives they shattered, directly or indirectly. Alabama editorial roundup 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z City leaders did the right thing years ago by paying $2 million, a pittance by today’s standards, to put an easement on that land. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z The gaffe was a pittance compared to the actual embarrassments that besieged the organization. Cubs add closer Craig Kimbrel and Dodgers get company in N.L. pennant race 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z He did not hit those otherworldly heights of his best years in Madrid, but 28 goals and 10 assists are hardly a pittance. It’s the Bandinis 2019! The complete review of Serie A's 2018-19 season 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Across the country, legions of these caregivers earn a pittance to tend to the elderly in residential houses refurbished as care facilities, according to an investigation by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting. Elder care homes rake in profits as workers earn a pittance 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z Across the country, legions of these caregivers earn a pittance to tend to the elderly in residential houses refurbished as care facilities, according to an investigation by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting. Elder care homes rake in profits as workers earn a pittance 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z They were “so wildly expensive that we didn’t finish the exercise. I took the kids to Walmart and bought the ingredients for a pittance,” Forte said. Alaskan halibut, caught by a century-old Seattle boat, provides a glimpse of Amazon’s strategy with Whole Foods 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, we spend a pittance on these programs. Persistent crime: a failed and racist strategy 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Dan Goldstein, president the digital marketing agency Page 1 Solutions, said a tax might not benefit consumers, while some sort of profit-sharing plan would likely return a “pittance of a benefit” to individuals. California governor wants users to profit from online data 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z The money he eventually received from a settlement by the coal company to help rebuild his home seems like a pittance when considering the life-long trauma caused by an industry without necessary oversight. A Tidal Wave of Mud 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Romo had gone undrafted as a rookie, and the Cowboys offered him a pittance for a shot at making the roster. Why Tony Romo Is a Genius at Football Commentary 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Industrial democracy was a direct response to the Gilded Age – an era of gross inequality, unparalleled wealth, searing poverty, powerful monopolies, and political corruption, in which workers toiled for a pittance within often unsafe workplaces. A new message from Democrats: it's time to empower workers in America | Robert Reich 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Even the Red Sox, the game’s biggest spenders in 2018, were hit with a tax bill of just $12 million — a pittance compared to the revenue generated by their title run. The only thing getting warmer on baseball’s tepid hot stove is the tension 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z The difference between the two sides is, as you observe, a pittance. Yes, Trump can declare an emergency 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z They were sometimes paid as little as $50 a song or royalties of 1 percent — a pittance compared with the 10 percent rate that became the industry standard. Howell Begle, lawyer who championed penniless R&B stars, dies at 74 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Some Nigerian hospitals set up instalment plans, but even the first instalment might be too onerous for those earning a pittance, or nothing at all. The 'angel' who secretly pays patients' hospital bills 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Do you believe that data would be fabricated, at the risk of thousands of their patients, for a pittance of spare change? What These Medical Journals Don’t Reveal: Top Doctors’ Ties to Industry 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z We’re not the ones who orchestrated a massive disinvestment in public higher education, after the generations before us enrolled for a pittance. Opinion | Millennials aren’t breaking traditions. They’re just broke. 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z But that is a pittance in a federal budget that exceeds $4.1 trillion. AP FACT CHECK: ‘Tariff Man’ Trump wrong on import taxes 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z With a comparative pittance in the bank — and little financial help from the Democratic Party — Jealous had to rely on the media to relay his progressive platform to voters. How did Larry Hogan, Maryland’s Republican governor, survive the blue wave? 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z It takes 10 years and more than $1 billion to develop a vaccine — a small fortune for a medical advance but a pittance for a weapons system. Why Don’t We Have Vaccines Against Everything? 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Sanders’ bill also eliminates a common loophole that allows employers to pay some workers a pittance. Why every Democrat in Congress should support Bernie Sanders’ minimum wage bill 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Money for research, from any source, is at best a pittance. A boost for Palestinian science 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The Rams have assembled one of the best lines in the league for what amounts to a pittance, investing about $31.4 million this season, 16th among the league’s 32 teams, according to Overthecap.com. Vaunted Line Keeps the Rams’ Offense Uninterrupted 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z I figured $29 was a pittance to pay for transformation and signed up to try a few Lip Kit shades, including the beige-y Exposed, which sounded daring. Against All Odds, Kylie Jenner Taught Me to Embrace Lipstick 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The provider then invests the money, generates a higher rate of return over time than the pittance promised to the annuity holder, and pockets the difference. Savings plans shortchange public-school teachers. Here's how to fix it - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Los Angeles’ bullpen threw 170 pitches - a pittance compared to the Boston bullpen’s 222 pitches, and a possible advantage in Game 4. Dodgers bullpen shines after Jansen’s mistake in epic Game 3 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z And yet the UK has thousands of them, paid a pittance to get shouted at by hungover parents, or picked apart on social media, or found wanting by TV pundits. Hostile players, irate fans and decisions that haunt you: who’d be a football ref? 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z That sounds like a pittance of interest, but it’s double the rate from a couple of years ago. Fed’s interest-rate hikes mean different things to different age groups 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z That sounds like a pittance of interest, but it’s double the rate from a couple years ago. What a Fed rate hike means for you, at any age 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z And they’re paying him less than a million dollars, pittance for a player of his talent. Josh Gordon may turn out to be Bill Belichick's greatest ever trade 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Those numbers are a pittance for Google and Facebook, which make up more than half of the $88 billion digital ad market. Amazon Sets Its Sights on the $88 Billion Online Ad Market 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z Let’s not get started on Russian oligarchs or Saudi princes, compared to whom US CEOs earn a pittance. Why do American CEOs get paid so much? | James K Galbraith 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Although many Syrians have protested against tafeesh, many others see it as the just reward for soldiers whose pay, already a pittance, had been further whittled down by a weaker Syrian pound and higher prices. Syrians find plenty of bargains at markets for looted goods — sometimes their own 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Foreign governments, including the United States, provide some aid to the local administration, but it is a pittance compared with what they spent on the military campaign. Wives and Children of ISIS, Unwanted Back Home, Are Warehoused in Syria 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z The city yielded: Bird signed a $300,000 settlement with Santa Monica, a pittance of its funding haul, and lawmakers authorized its operations. How Tech Companies Conquered America’s Cities 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z But the actual base salary is a pittance which won't buy more than rice for a few days. A changing life for a North Korean family 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z “These cheerleaders deserve to be paid more than a mere pittance.” Former Houston Texans cheerleaders call on NFL for fairer wages 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, moms are not paid and most nannies and nursery school teachers earn only a pittance. Takers or makers? how Americans decide who 'deserves' a safety net 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z While doubling the standard deduction will lower federal taxes for many Californians, those savings are a pittance compared to the huge windfall going to corporations. California Editorial Rdp 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z As more and more Jews fled or were murdered, their art collections were bought for a pittance, or simply plundered. A German museum puts the questionable provenance of its art on display 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Compared to the rising ticket prices across MLS and USL, it’s a pittance of a return. $10,000 flights and personal credit: How the US Open Cup cripples smaller clubs 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Court records show lawyers for the victims of the fire called the settlement “wholly inadequate” and “a pittance.” Landlord in fatal apartment fire to pay $300K settlement 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Public funds for the elderly are considered a pittance. Hong Kong's 'cardboard grannies': the elderly box collectors living in poverty 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z This funding amounts to a pittance relative to what is needed: substantial long-term funding for prevention, addiction treatment, social services and research. Opinion | An Opioid Crisis Foretold 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z Sure, there’s some waste in there - there always is - but it’s a pittance compared to D.C.’s appetite for pork. Georgia editorial roundup 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Locals often assume that outsiders prowling their land are government officials bent on appropriating tracts for a pittance in order to develop them, Prasad says. India’s paleontologists fight destruction of its fossil riches 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Then, last Thursday, ABC News reported that he benefited from a sweetheart deal that allowed him to live in a high-rent area of Washington while paying a relative pittance. Opinion | A swamp monster is running the EPA 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Tenants’ advocates say that figure is a pittance considering the billion-dollar needs of the city’s housing stock. 9 Key Issues Await Albany in Final Week of Budget Negotiations 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z Overall, critics on the right said that it spent too much money, yet only included a pittance for Trump’s proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump signs massive spending bill, but not before a little drama 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z We expect them to develop future citizens and workers who will perpetuate our society, arguably the most essential job anyone does, but we pay them a pittance. Their Pay Has Stood Still. Now Oklahoma Teachers Could Be the Next to Walk. 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Penguin rejected the idea and the book, co-authored by Lawrence Lee, was published "for a pittance" with a small publisher. Barry Gifford's lifetime of outsiders 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z For some, that new, shiny pittance felt like a fortune. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: 'Resistance is the best way of keeping alive' 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z They fancied themselves the real rainmakers, and so the conditions and concerns of the athletes became peripheral and marginalized, just as they were budgeted comparative pittances. Perspective | Scott Blackmun’s painful USOC legacy: Knowledge, inaction and misplaced priorities 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z These things are so inspirational for me and for the next generation that the cost is pittance compared to the defense budget. Astronomers’ Dark Energy Hopes Fade to Gray 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Saving Wall Street and injecting a pittance into a demand constrained economy would suggest no. Come the Recession, Don’t Count on That Safety Net 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z But that figure is a pittance compared with what was first reported stolen — and the wages paid to Music and four others since they were placed on leave. Ex-treasurer charged with stealing from King County corrections officers’ union 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z The homes overlooking it sell for a pittance: a 100 sq metre apartment is on the market for just €15,000. 50 years since Sicily's earthquake, an urban disaster of a different kind 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Though an improvement on previous years, that is a pittance next to the cost of university tuition or the large and growing wage differential between professional-level jobs and the rest. Teenagers are better behaved and less hedonistic nowadays 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z “This is a pittance,” the authors wrote, “compared with the $100 billion a year the world’s governments spend on enforcing global prohibition of drug use.” ‘Opiophobia’ has left Africa in agony 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z What is more, climbers make a pittance in comparison to the multimillion dollar industry. Gravity-Defying Villagers Risk Their Lives for Christmas Trees 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z To put out a relative pittance to investigate it is money well spent. Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z The tax bill’s $47 billion windfall for Apple isn’t going to help average Kentuckians, while the pittance they gain in tax cuts will be quickly spent on necessities. Kentucky editorial roundup 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z This is a pittance of what is needed to prevent opioid use, combat trafficking, treat those who are addicted and help ravaged communities. Opinion | No reason Kellyanne Conway won’t make a fine opioid czar. Except for Trump. 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z By the time the morning rush ended at 9:30, the toll was $15.75 — a comparative pittance, but still almost enough for a one-way ticket from New York. A $40 Toll to Drive 10 Miles? It Happened on Virginia’s I-66 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z But paying the players sums commensurate with the value that their talents create would mean a few staggeringly large “student-athlete” salaries, and comparative pittances for the rest. Opinion | The NCAA season starts with sleaze and scandal 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z But all this is a pittance compared with Tesla’s financial needs. Tesla blows through $8,000 a minute as it invests in production of Model 3 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Ms. Flack said that in the end she received “a pittance” in payment for many years of work. The Statue That Never Was 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Now they know for sure that they are dealing with a featherweight who can be bought for a pittance – like a fancy banquet, or a parade of some soldiers in starched uniforms. Trump, Aiming to Coax Xi Jinping, Bets on Flattery 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Nixing the credit would save the government $3.8 billion over the next decade, a pittance compared with proposed tax breaks that add up to hundreds of billions of dollars. Adoption tax credit elimination plan pits Republicans against leaders 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z It will be paid by an estimated 5,500 people dying this year, raising about $20 billion — a pittance in the $3.88 trillion budget. Opinion | So Republicans agree with Democrats on taxes after all 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Of this, an object available at petrol stations for a pittance, he urges: “I insist that you be amazed.” Chemistry: Explosive moments in the laboratory : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Others who had time to bring livestock or family heirlooms sold them for a pittance to the boatmen who ferried them to safety across an estuary that separates their burning villages in Burma from Bangladesh. How Bangladeshis are coping with half a million new Rohingya refugees 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z This is a pittance to protect our species from the same fate as the dinosaurs. Opinion | Asteroid defense is no joke 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The low compliance frustrates scientists because inoculation could basically eliminate yellow fever nationwide, and do so at a pittance. When will yellow fever strike Brazil again? Monkeys and mosquitoes hold clues 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z “The level of funding is a drop in the bucket, is a pittance compared to every other life threatening health problem in our nation,” Dr. Moutier said. Suicide rate increase due in part to lack of follow-up visits 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Its domestic league is weak, ranking seventh in the region, with only a pittance spent on transfers each season. Iran’s success reflects the failures of Asian football 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z It was a dispute that fuelled his growing sense of resentment at seeing work he produced for a relative pittance sold on for a tremendous mark-up. 'I wasn’t cock-a-hoop that I’d fooled the experts': Britain's master forger tells all 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z Functioning like a government seal of approval, the Energy Star program costs taxpayers a pittance and is widely beloved by the 16,000 companies and organizations that participate. Energy Star labels are seen as a cheap way to improve efficiency. Why does Trump want to kill them? 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z The city offered Carter-Willis a pittance of a settlement in a civil case that her family ultimately lost to the city’s well-resourced lawyers. Baltimore mother seeks justice years after son was killed by police 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z She also does “part-time pittance work” to bridge the gap between her $44,000 teaching salary, in an area with a median income of about $54,000, and her bills. Basing Life on What You Can Afford 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z Quinn reported that the kidnappers had demanded $8,500 in ransom - a pittance, police thought, for such an elaborate abduction. Harvard-educated lawyer gets 40 years for bizarre kidnapping 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Quinn reported that the kidnappers had demanded $8,500 in ransom — a pittance, police thought, for such an elaborate abduction. Harvard-educated lawyer gets 40 years for bizarre kidnapping 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z When the study was released, Weitzman argued, and still argues, that the cost to the public of school meals is a pittance compared to the benefit to society. 'Outrageous': expert slams White House for denying school meals' link to learning 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z All told, ending governmental support for these cultural institutions saves a bit less than $1 billion — not even a pittance in the context of nearly $4 trillion in government spending. Opinion | Trump budgets for a dumber, dirtier America 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z By American standards, the amount is a pittance. Before Elections, Dutch Fear Russian Meddling, but Also U.S. Cash 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z It would set a limit on wedding expenses of 500,000 rupees, or about $7,500, a pittance for even a typical middle-class wedding. Here Comes the Bride. Now Count the Rest. 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z "Everything is going to a pittance," shouted a woman. Iowa residents challenge Senator Chuck Grassley - BBC News 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z In a league where salaries are notoriously low and attendance is typically sparse, few would be surprised if a transfer fee amounted to nothing more than a pittance to help pay the bills. The Joy of Six: weirdest trades in sports history 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Most of the programs cost less than $500 million annually, a pittance for a government projected to spend about $4 trillion this year. Familiar GOP targets face Trump budget ax 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Most of the programs cost under $500 million annually, a pittance for a government that is projected to spend about $4 trillion this year. Popular Domestic Programs Face Ax Under First Trump Budget 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z It’s also a pittance compared to what “The Domes of the Yosemite” is likely worth. Vermont painting worth millions needs facelift 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Given a defense budget of more than $500 billion, the cost of maintaining these bases is a mere pittance. Fact-checking President Trump’s inaugural address 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z His first destination was Kenya, but he decided to move on after a year earning a pittance giving religious instruction to the children of refugees. Refugees risking lives to reach bright lights of Johannesburg 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Most of the programs cost less than $500 million annually, a pittance for a government that is projected to spend about $4 trillion this year. Familiar GOP targets face Trump budget ax 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z But by Washington standards, that is a pittance. Muted Response From Health Lobby as Affordable Care Act Faces Repeal 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Still, that is a pittance compared with the anonymous bidder who paid the equivalent of more than $6,800 at a British auction in 2013 for one of Cole’s original cards. On the Birth of the Christmas Card 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Poets are given vast fees by international conglomerates for their latest eclogues, while screenwriters live in poverty, paid a pittance for their largely ignored outpourings. Magnus Carlsen may be the man to push the barriers for global game of chess | Stephen Moss 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z But for an elected official benefiting from ill-gotten gains, that’s a pittance. Florida editorial roundup 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z For many the biggest concern is Trump targeting borderland factories to move their jobs to the US, even though they pay a pittance. At Mexico's border, President Trump is just the latest unfunny gringo joke 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z There are fewer migrant labourers today who are willing to work for a pittance delivering parcels. The big sort 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z But the aid on offer globally to help them cope is still a pittance compared with what they need, experts say. Rich states urged to dig deeper to help poor respond to 'climate crisis' 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z As envisioned, the science campus could be a game-changer for a state that lands a relative pittance in research dollars and attention. Editorials from around Oregon 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The transaction provides for a $500 million breakup fee payable to Time Warner if the takeover is blocked on antitrust grounds, a relative pittance for a merger of this size. Swift Opposition to Resurrection of AT&T Giant 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Instead they ended up with Daniel Murphy, who signed for what now seems like a pittance: $37.5 million for three years. Here’s what the Nationals should do this offseason. For starters, bring Ian Desmond back to Washington. 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z "And even those lucky enough to work are paid a pittance". Venezuela crisis: Jobless and hungry in industrial city of Valencia - BBC News 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Eventually, we'd have a country in which a handful of billionaires and near billionaires hold the great majority of our wealth leaving a pittance for the rest to split. Clinton's Very Reasonable Estate Tax Plan 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Adequate compensation of all the stranded coal and coal-electric assets in the U.S. would cost a pittance, but the pols won't have it.. The Challenge of Cutting Coal Dependence 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Such staff are banned from receiving gifts worth more than a pittance, as those gifts might be used to purchase influence. 'A constitutional crisis': the CIA turns on the Senate 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z But that pittance hardly makes up for the pain and suffering endured by those families. For Georgetown to apologize for slavery, it must be clear about what it was 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z In 2009, while other media companies were still trying to figure out how the pittance earned from display advertising would ever sustain a business, Smith happened upon a new content model. L.A. Vice: Inside Media Mogul Shane Smith’s Santa Monica Estate 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Their pitiful wages are collected directly by the regime, with only a pittance of a pittance reaching the workers themselves. Sanctions or Solidarity? China's Korean Dilemma 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The amount that I now earn is a pittance when compared to my former salary. Of Retirement Age, but Remaining in the Work Force 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z On Monday, Verizon announced that it would buy Yahoo’s core internet operations and land holdings for $4.8 billion, a relative pittance for companies in Silicon Valley. Yahoo, a Web Pioneer, Cleared the Way for Many Innovations 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Even if the entire cost of the governor’s mansion is dedicated to the state’s projected shortfall, it would represent only a “pittance” of what is needed, Wardner said. GOP leaders not opposed to delaying new governor’s home 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z But there are so many other tweaks that the new system will raise only an additional €235m, a pittance. Free will 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The table is tilted and all but a pittance runs into the gargantuan ever expanding pockets of the tilters. How a Quest by Elites Is Driving ‘Brexit’ and Trump 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Of course, the nearly 2 million signatures attached to the petition for a second vote is still a pittance compared to the 17.4 million voters who opted to leave. German leader Angela Merkel urges caution on 'Brexit' talks as uncertainties grow 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z War planes r flying at low altitudes over SF, reminding me of the $580B for US imperialism & the pittance 4 climate and human development. A San Francisco lawmaker has had enough of the Blue Angels ‘strafing’ his city 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z TSA says its $7.6 billion annual budget is a pittance, and so Congress freed up $34 million more for the agency. The TSA’s Summer of Lines 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Thiel put together a legal team to search for such individuals — people who "would have accepted a pittance for a settlement" — before making them an offer of financial backing. Peter Thiel admits to bankrolling Hulk Hogan's Gawker lawsuit 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z The company has raised $4 million – a pittance for a burgeoning tech company. Got a funny video? Jukin Media will find you — and pay you 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z He arrived in America, heading a family of eight, with $18 to his name, a pittance even then. What Happened to Worcester? 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Even if delivered, the promised money is a pittance compared with what people lost, and nowhere near sufficient to build a new house. Patience wears thin among Nepal quake survivors as calls for help go unheeded 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z The rich people of the world who buy our labor for a pittance reap all the profits and use tax havens to avoid the tax man. ‘This Leak Is Big ... Heads Should Roll’ 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z The win earned Trump nine delegates, a relative pittance, but one that made him the first candidate to meet an important threshold in the party’s nominating process. Trump picks up big victories and Rubio bows out of Republican race 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z This is a man who already managed to buy the so-called “Winter White House” for a relative pittance and turned it into a private club. Why voters love Donald Trump's wealth – but despised Mitt Romney's 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z These streams pay a pittance compared to albums. CDs Are Dying and Kanye West Is Hosting the Funeral 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z In 1984, he made $3.1 million – a pittance compared to the pay packages of today's bank chiefs, but enough back then to top the combined pay of the CEOs of the nation's three biggest banks. City National's Bram Goldsmith dies at 93 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z The sum of money at stake is a pittance in the context of Virginia’s budget. Victims of forced sterilization deserve a gesture of justice from Virginia 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z This being Britain, where tradition runs deep, the plan to scrap vellum has prompted the ire of traditionalists who argue that history is being forsaken for a pittance. Traditionalists Rebuffed as Parliament Turns the Page on Parchment 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z "This looks like selling diamonds from Russian crowns at a pittance," said an investment banker at a Western bank. Russian oligarchs most likely buyers in Putin's new privatization plan 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z We have a set of plates from the thrift store we bought for a pittance that we pull out for these kinds of parties. 5 Tips for Saving Money on a Super Bowl Party 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z The one-time additional 35 cents is a pittance. Don’t Enable This Chinese Developer’s Debt Fix 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Kroenke and his partners could get $100 million in tax breaks, a pittance considering that the proposal in St. Louis called for almost four times as much in public funding. Lessons From a Costly NFL Divorce 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z They’re in a circular firing squad, squabbling over particular votes and gubernatorial decisions, hoping to score just a pittance of the New Hampshire primary electorate to stay relevant. Trump, Sanders Gain Strength in Iowa Homestretch 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z It’s believable, however, that the profit margin is much larger using Chinese labor paid a pittance and working in bad conditions. Trade deals are all about the profits 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z But Catalonia’s budget is a pittance compared with the €1.5 billion Spain spends on foreign affairs. In Far-Flung Corners of the World, Catalan Secessionists Push for Support for Independence From Spain 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z According to unnamed Pentagon officials quoted by theTimes, this proposed expansion would cost a mere pittance, just “several million dollars a year.” The Pentagon is out of ideas: America’s ISIS strategy is doomed from the start 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z And now, Americans are not simply competing with peers locally for jobs but with those in China and India and Eastern Europe who are willing to work for pittance just to keep their jobs. Letter of Recommendation: Sick Days 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Some of the longtime owners bought or inherited teams that were purchased for a relative pittance. Newer N.F.L. Owners Show Muscle in Tug of War 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Younger workers had the most room for improvement, because they were saving such a pittance. Millennials Are Leading the Way on Savings 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Owners of large farms get subsidies, but the laborers in the fields and food-processing plants are paid a pittance. Government regulation and obesity 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Compared to the billions spent by the likes of China and Russia on government media, whose daily tactics are rife with lies about the U.S., what we spend is a pittance. The Struggle to Propagate the Truth 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z It was so long ago that even with such a pittance, Saban ascended to No. 3 in the national salary rankings. Nick Saban walked away from Michigan State, now he must face Spartans in playoff 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z But they also expose sellers to the risk that they will exchange lifetimes’ worth of income for pittances. The flawed system that allows companies to make millions off the injured 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z As well as spending a pittance on traditional TV advertising, Trump is also wont to turn down media appearances because he can just click a button and get his views out there. Can Donald Trump's social media genius take him all the way to the White House? 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z Humans will work for a pittance, if necessary, to scrape by. Wookienomics 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z In the world of government, spending $2.5 million is a pittance. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z But that is a relative pittance compared with Amazon at 127 times. Costco Is Still Holding Its Own 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z A. I was generating $10 million in revenues a year, but profit was a pittance. The ABC for Every New Business 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Even with three false-starts and a holding penalty, and even with a touchdown negated by an Eric Decker drop, and even with Ivory rushing for a pittance, the Jets still managed 234 yards. The Dolphins Help the Jets Make It Look Easy 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z What sounds like a pittance today was the highest price any record company had ever paid to sign a musician up to that point. New biography illuminates life of Sun Records founder Sam Phillips 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z An argument could be made that board pay should, indeed, be higher and that the Facebook director compensation is a pittance. No Clear Answer on Director Pay 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Well, additional compensation for faculty members at UCF has been a pittance by comparison. Florida editorial roundup 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z This rate might seem a pittance, but it adds up. How Government Sets Taylor Swift’s Royalties 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z Again, it’s easy to find plenty of plates and bowls at a secondhand store for a pittance, though you may not find a matching set. 9 Items to Buy Secondhand for a New Home 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z The program would be surprisingly cheap, costing around $6 billion annually, a pittance in the federal budget. Is College Tuition Really Too High? 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Students do not face too much risk; if they earn only a pittance, they pay little. Graduate stock 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z And as twilight descends over the grasslands, a tribal chief has tears in his eyes after selling his riches for a pittance. 'We Come as Friends': A ride through poverty, swindles, death in South Sudan 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z The Pacific Northwest, which was largely spared during the 2012 drought, began suffering significant drought this past spring, after winter snowfalls that—like California's—were a pittance compared with what the region usually gets. Visualizing a Wet, Hot (and Also Very Dry) American Summer 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Bellefleur’s neighbors in the building include an elderly carpenter, a computer hardware repairman, a man earning a pittance by recycling bottles, and several unemployed young people. AP PHOTOS: 5 years after quake, Haitians turn ruins to homes 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Little pieces they recycled or reworked, sold for a pittance, or let be stolen from the galleries. Three Artists, One Love Story 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Despite working 20- to 22-hour shifts and being forced to drink unclean water, they were either paid a pittance or went unpaid. Hunt is on for 33 slave ships off coast of Papua New Guinea 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z She picked up small gigs, serving her dues in Paris and Milan, earning a pittance and working long hours. Janice Dickinson on Bill Cosby: ‘They can fling all they want at me. I did not consent.’ 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z But this is a pittance compared with Greece. Crucial Weapons in the Defense of Ukraine 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Typically, they work seven days a week for a pittance, sleeping in bamboo shacks erected in jungle clearances. Thailand's Septic Isle: Backpackers and Bloodshed on Koh Tao 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z “People just throw it all in the garbage, but I like to recycle things,” she said, walking through the four-bedroom co-op that she and Mr. Stern bought for a pittance in 1962. An Art Collection Gathered From the Street and the Laundry 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z It is a pittance compared with the 10-billion-rupee hauls some North Indian public servants are said to have amassed. What Happens When a State Is Run by Movie Stars? 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Many were recent graduates of Yale — her feeder of choice — whose chief qualification, aside from the obvious, was a willingness to work for a pittance. Arianna Huffington’s Improbable, Insatiable Content Machine 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z That is a pittance compared with the €926 billion of total new external funding made available to European SMEs the year before, mostly by banks. Treasure hunt 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The pittance they’re making in this work assignment is better than the pittance they were earning before and that’s all that matters. Orange Is The New Black Is Back With A Cynical New Anti-Capitalist Message 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Musk said the subsidies for Tesla and SolarCity are "a pittance" compared with government support of the oil and gas industry. Elon Musk defends his firms' government subsidies 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z But the increase in school funding — $34 million, a quarter of the amount sought by Mr. Baker and the county’s schools chief, Kevin Maxwell — is a relative pittance. A stutter step toward better schools 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z He was living in a tent in the historic “Camp 4” climbers’ campground and making a small pittance by working occasionally for Yosemite Search and Rescue. Cedar Wright: Remembering Climbing Legend Dean Potter 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Varoufakis’s mother, a biochemist, made “a pittance,” he said, because she was a woman. A Finance Minister Fit for a Greek Tragedy? 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z More than 1,000 networks distribute the injectors, Google said, with many of them pushed by “affiliates” who get paid some pittance whenever somebody clicks on one of the ads. If You Use a Web Browser, Read This Story 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z The American authorities claim he made a profit of just $879,018 from the trades linked to the flash crash—a pittance compared to the upheaval caused—though perhaps $40m from subsequent manipulation. Flash boy 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z New Hampshire pays its legislators a pittance: state senators and representatives in the Granite State receive $100 a year, and they get none of the per diem expenses that other states offer. How New Hampshire's Women Paved the Way for Hillary 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z The tunnel price tag is a pittance compared with the $6 trillion or more that America will end up spending on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. U.S. snoozes while rest of world invests in infrastructure 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z I have to tout the ecological good as well: We have high insulation values, and energy bills will be a pittance. Will the idea to make shipping-container housing spread in D.C.? 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z “A mere pittance in political advertising terms,” he notes, “but for someone not being financed by big pocket donors, it’s significant.” Jeb Bush Supporter Stumbles Into Campaign Finance Tangle With Radio Ad 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Last year, Roma’s U.S. bank limited deposits to $20,000 a month, a pittance for a chain of 52 stores. Dollars can be a dirty word at banks on US-Mexico border 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z Nigerian journalists are typically paid wretched salaries, and even the pittance to which they are entitled is often owed for months at a stretch. Nigeria's 'brown envelope' journalism 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Senior officers receive a pittance compared with the bosses of state-owned enterprises. Rank and vile 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z “It’s a pittance compared to the billions of dollars traditional government programs require for large satellites,” said Platzer. Spire To Launch Constellation Of Cubesats For Weather Forecasting 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Paltry tariffs add to the strain: hospitals are paid a pittance for some of their extra A&E patients. Waiting for treatment 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z You might also assume that the rich pay a lot to support government while the poor pay a pittance. How government helps the 1 percent 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Sponsors of the bills say $50,000 is a pittance to maintain a state asset, especially compared with the state’s $40 billion two-year budget. Chorus of lawmakers want money for Minnesota’s state band 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z When Lynch was traded to the Seattle Seahawks for a pittance, in 2010, his new team expected nothing more than basic competence. Marshawn Lynch’s Unstoppable Drive 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z These areas suffered a collapse in land values as residents fled or sold their farms for a pittance in the late 1990s and early 2000s, at the peak of the paramilitary counteroffensive. In Colombia, a palm oil boom with roots in conflict 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z The Jaguars and the Falcons are not getting much for their participation: The guaranteed payout of $100,000 a team is a pittance compared with the millions of dollars distributed by prestigious bowls. Montgomery, Ala., Prepares for the Camellia Bowl, an ESPN Creation 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z But for this pittance, workers from Africa and Asia sprint under blinding sun in the Doha industrial zone where they’re housed and surround a still-moving bus like bees on honey. In Qatar, migrant workers paid to be sports ‘fans’ 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z While the Asian Tour seems to have weathered the storm and rebounded reasonably well, many of its events offer relatively small $300,000 purses, a pittance by international standards. Asian turf war goes quiet as OneAsia fizzles 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z If she is, however, an intern as noted in newspaper reports in January, many would consider that salary rather high, in a market where most interns get paid pittance. Confirmed: Salary And Address Of Princess Beatrice Leaked In Sony Hack 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z And I’m talking about slight discounts here, some high-performing drives from reputable manufacturers are currently available for a relative pittance. Solid State Storage Prices Tumble This Black Friday 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z Swift's label pulled her catalog shortly after the release of her new album, and accused Spotify of paying a pittance for her spins. Spotify is a freight train Taylor Swift can't stop 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z That far outweighs the pittance of savings these cards offer you on Black Friday. Buyer Beware: 4 Black Friday Pitfalls To Avoid 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Rescue a bottle of your own for $225—a pittance to pay for the chance to wear history. Drom Launches Reproduction Of 150-Year-Old Sunken Perfume 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z If all the money remained pooled, young people said, the aggressive investment returns they wanted would be diluted by the pittance that cashlike assets pay. No Smoke, No Mirrors: The Dutch Pension Plan 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z In return, they earn a pittance, as well as food and a place to sleep, which is usually in the family's living room or on the kitchen floor. Activist's Nobel highlights child labor in India 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z She was accused of lying on visa forms so she could bring her maid to the U.S. while paying her a pittance. India’s Modi looks to big US welcome, mended ties 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Granted, in the bottomless well that is the state budget, this is a mere pittance. Excerpts of editorials from Illinois newspapers 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Many applicants were overqualified for the job but willing to work for a pittance — a sign of a difficult job market, which may tighten even more if businesses trim workers to offset higher labor costs. L.A. small-business owners divided over proposed minimum wage hike 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z It’s also a pittance compared to the 400,000 poor and disabled Virginians who would get Medicaid coverage under the federal Affordable Care Act, which the Republicans in Richmond so detest. Va. GOP bemoans the cost of Medicaid expansion, but those without insurance pay They draw smaller crowds that pay a pittance compared to Angels and Yankees fans. Royals find right recipe for small-market success 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Even that understates the economic crisis since many of those who do have jobs, men and women, earn a pittance in service jobs. Ferguson: a blue collar town made desperate by years on the edge 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Olympic Airlines was forced to deliver newspapers for a pittance to keep the country’s press barons happy. Flags of inconvenience 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z They face violence from scared patients, and are paid a pittance. Stop Ebola by Building West African Health Systems 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Why would a company valued at $10 billion sell shares at a pittance? Snapchat Authorizes Mystery Share Sale 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z After his father’s death, Spingarn, his brother-in-law reported that David Einstein said he was leaving Lewis a pittance of $5,000 a year,” because ” I don’t want him to be a beggar.” Lewis Einstein, Diplomat and Man of Letters 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z A total of $1.6 billion might seem like a pittance given the $50 billion spent on R&D annually by drug companies or the $30 billion spent by the National Institutes of Health. How A Giant Act Of Philanthropy May Kickstart Psychiatry 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z “Although we were paid a pittance, and the additional allocations weren’t enough to replace the blood we lost, to be a Weigl employee was a mark of nobility.” Book review: ‘The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Wiegl,’ by Arthur Allen Many women, weary of toiling under the hot sun for a pittance, ended up working in the sex industry. If There's Going to Be a Thai Civil War, Isaan Will Be Its Front Line 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Bessa noted that compared with the tens of millions of dollars in spending on World Cup stadiums, it would cost “a pittance” to restore the former museum. In Shadow of Brazil World Cup’s Premier Stadium, a Hulking Ruin 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z But it's doubtful Sterling is jeopardizing a $2 billion deal over a relative pittance. 5 things to look for in the LA Clippers sale, suit 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z But it’s doubtful Sterling is jeopardizing a $2 billion deal over a relative pittance. 5 things to look for in the LA Clippers sale, suit 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Bred for a pittance by two working-class men new to a sport usually dominated by the rich and famous, California Chrome defied the odds when he won the Kentucky Derby then the Preakness Stakes. California Chrome owner apologizes for rant 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Small bands of bloggers and social network operatives operating on financial pittances were protected from the morass of organizational approval systems and review processes. Will Big Brands Kill Social Media? 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z That’s unlikely for the third reason: Compared with battling the financial crisis, the money required to defeat global poverty is a pittance. Printing Money to Help the Poor 2014-05-08T22:30:12Z Besides, offering to work for a pittance can be a shrewd move. Tax-Smart Billionaires Who Work For $1 2014-04-05T13:44:00Z Mr. Poroshenko parlayed early profits from consumer goods trading to buy Ukraine’s rundown candy factories for a pittance in the 1990s, and later moved into government positions. Ukraine’s Hopes Riding on a Chocolatier 2014-03-29T21:27:22Z The Sri Lankan president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, has shrugged off the significance of the vote, saying blithely this week: “I don’t care if we win or lose in Geneva, I don’t give a pittance.” Sri Lanka Seeks to Fight Off War Crimes Inquiry 2014-03-26T18:29:51Z The programmes rarely last more than a year, and often pay a pittance. Legal jobs: The price of success 2014-03-13T16:00:44Z But a group of former minor leaguers have something else entirely on their minds: the fact that they are getting paid a pittance. Former Minor-League Baseball Players File Class Action Suit Against MLB 2014-03-11T14:47:06Z News organisations grumble that Naver pays them a pittance for licensing their stories. South Korea’s internet giant: Now or Naver 2014-02-27T16:07:01Z The prospect of such significant cuts outraged liberals who were angry that the White House would trade away their priorities for what they viewed as a relative pittance of new revenue. Why Liberals Should Be Thankful for the Tea Party 2014-02-24T16:14:52Z The stimulus quickly became a national joke, mocked by the right as a massive boondoggle and by the left as a pathetic pittance. Obama: The Stimulus Worked 2014-02-17T10:50:23Z It’s a pittance relative to its $388.8 billion dollar market cap. Ritholtz: Defense! Why Google’s Nest Labs acquisition is a smart move 2014-01-24T16:47:29Z Online streaming services like Spotify and Pandora pay artists a royalty rate that many artists consider to be a pittance. Did internet kill the radio star? 2014-01-21T20:23:29Z Globally, there are 217 national federations, second only to volleyball, but the prize money on offer is a pittance compared with many sports. Foreigners should train with China team: ITTF 2014-01-12T14:22:00Z Later, he bought privatized oil fields for a pittance, joining the ranks of the world’s richest men on the back of assets built over decades by Communists. Tycoon Is Free, but His Money Is Still Tied Up 2013-12-31T00:59:16Z Work hard for a pittance, and let the TV tell you how to be angry at those who have even less than you. Anti-poverty programmes: Are we helping the poor? 2013-12-18T16:52:59Z Pickers are paid about 3 cents a pound, a pittance even here. Forced Labor Lives On in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Fields 2013-12-17T16:12:32Z They can go on gaily making money and paying a pittance in tax as far as Ireland is concerned: the Finance Minister has said so: Apple, Google And Facebook Have Nothing To Fear From Changes To The Irish Company Tax System 2013-12-15T13:18:00Z We still spend a pittance helping low-wage workers compared to the social support enjoyed by their counterparts in other prosperous nations. Poverty nation: How America created a low-wage work swamp 2013-12-15T12:00:00Z That figure is a pittance compared with the gross for even a low-budget, indie-film train wreck, but most ski-movie studios are not in it for the money. Essay: Skiing Films Now Have Stories to Match the Stunts 2013-12-14T03:22:00Z He snaps off and mangles wires to the main public supply cables for a pittance to provide electricity to scores of homes in a decaying city. Why power theft in India is a complex problem 2013-11-15T01:27:30Z If we want prisoners to see that crime doesn't pay then giving them a pittance and undercutting business in the community is not the answer. Viewpoints: Should prisoners have jobs? 2013-08-21T16:22:07Z The patent stash and the carried forward tax losses meant that they essentially got the company for a pittance. Links 2 Aug: Google's Moto X, Apple's iPhone And Henry Ford's Model T 2013-08-02T15:28:00Z In the early days, creators sold their rights for a pittance, not dreaming that their characters would endure for years and migrate to television, film and all manner of merchandise. Sharing the Wealth as a Comic Book Goes to Hollywood 2013-07-27T20:48:03Z While impressive, that payout was a mere pittance compared with the huge windfall that follows Thursday's results. 2,000 Sports Direct staff to receive £100,000 bonus after record profits 2013-07-18T21:17:07Z Most of the oil and gas fields in eastern Syria lie idle or pump meagre quantities that are refined using primitive techniques to generate a pittance, but Abu Zayed's land has a huge gas plant. Syria's oilfields create surreal battle lines amid chaos and tribal loyalties 2013-06-25T16:17:29Z Savers with money in bank accounts, on the other hand, have the prospect of finally earning more than a pittance on their deposits. DealBook: In a Shift, Interest Rates Are Rising 2013-06-12T01:25:12Z “It’s going to bankrupt our health care system and we’re spending only a pittance on prevention.” Letter From Washington: Research Forgotten by Budget Cuts 2013-06-09T15:52:18Z The tuition at Holy Spirit is a pittance compared with a Dalton or a Brearley. Gotham: Closing of Holy Spirit School Leaves Teachers Adrift 2013-06-04T01:38:32Z Yet a stock brokerage with only $7 million in reported annual revenue, a pittance by Wall Street standards, was apparently able to provoke a major surge in market trading. Intel for investors: What’s going on behind closed doors in Washington 2013-05-03T01:23:00Z When I started in 2007, farmers were paid a pittance and they were better off just burning it – which many did. How social enterprise can succeed in the world of high fashion 2013-04-23T06:30:01Z To Ricketts it represented a pittance for being permitted to run his business like every other entrepreneur. Haugh: Ricketts committed to Chicago; is it mutual? 2013-04-16T00:44:00Z "Those billions are a pittance compared with what is actually laundered through the city," said a senior Hong Kong law enforcement officer who specialises in commercial crime. Hong Kong nets only small fry for laundering illegal Chinese money 2013-04-07T21:29:26Z "Given the pittance offered by Smith to defray expenses and our financial situation, the prospect of going $175,000 in debt for a four-year undergraduate degree is simply not tenable, college brand notwithstanding." Threat of debt drives US middle-class families away from private universities 2013-04-04T14:15:18Z A good rule of thumb: "It can't be completely lopsided, with one party getting everything and the other getting a pittance," Mr. Landers says. How To Shore Up a Prenup 2013-03-29T23:29:55Z In other words, overtime amounts to only pittance of the overall pay — about $6.50 a week on top of $1,000 a week wage. Capitol janitors making ‘ends meet’ with overtime? Nope 2013-03-06T11:00:00Z In truth, the foreign aid budget, as well as the entire State Department budget, is a pittance, Kerry said, just about a penny on the total U.S. federal budget dollar. Kerry makes case for robust foreign aid 2013-02-20T22:34:00Z In truth, the foreign aid budget and the whole of the State Department budget, is a pittance, Kerry said, just about a penny on the total U.S. federal budget dollar. Kerry makes case for robust foreign aid 2013-02-20T18:51:00Z Instead he put his head down, lowered his shoulder and careened off bigger, stronger men paid millions more than his relative pittance of a rookie minimum salary. For Washington Redskins’ Alfred Morris, it’s too good to be believed 2013-01-01T01:04:00Z And $100m is a pittance to a company of Apple's size. Tim Cook makes his pitch to win back Apple aficionados 2012-12-06T19:18:43Z I realize now that creativity is less about living a hedonistic lifestyle on a pittance and more about actually creating things. Riff: ‘In Berlin, You Never Have to Stop’ 2012-11-25T03:50:05Z And it was a pittance compared with his wealth. Analysis: After Madoff, the Mets’ Other Potentially Risky Investor: Steven A. Cohen 2012-11-23T02:03:35Z It was run on such a pittance the players were grateful when the sponsors presented them with a job lot of yoghurt and fruit juice. The Joy of Six: favourite football grounds 2012-11-09T10:41:28Z In 1996, Apple was two, maybe three years from being sold for a pittance and becoming yet another footnote in the history of personal computing. We've passed peak Apple: it's all downhill from here 2012-11-07T10:49:20Z If the federal assistance is such a pittance, why drag Big Bird and Barney and Downton Abbey through the political mud every year? Obama Should Stop Defending Big (Bird) Government 2012-10-10T16:35:38Z “That’s what you end up with when you are given a pittance to hire an expert.” In Texas Conviction, an Immigrant Rallying Cry 2012-09-27T02:23:44Z Would you bid online to be paid a pittance to fetch coffee for a lawyer? Seven of the week's best reads 2012-09-16T01:15:00Z Happens every day in America, in professions that pay a pittance of what an elite athlete makes. Chris Cooley: The Redskin you could count on when you couldn’t count on the Redskins 2012-08-29T00:30:15Z Most Mongolians did not understand the value of equity, however, and a small handful of the urban elite snapped up the coupons for a pittance. Foreign firms dig deep for Mongolia's commodity riches 2012-08-20T14:13:56Z Even this pittance is whittled away, says HRW, since some centers charge detainees for food, lodging and what they term “managerial fees.” Human Rights Watch: Hundreds of Thousands Still Tortured in Name of Drug Treatment 2012-08-03T23:05:30Z He paid me a pittance, abused my work, abused me, showed no appreciation, and was irrationally demanding. Obama's Right: I Got Help Building My Business 2012-07-25T14:58:50Z Both are procured for a pittance and sold abroad for a fortune. Is it time to ban ivory for good? 2012-07-23T14:07:00Z The buy-in was a pittance – five euros – but the competitive juices among the squad still flowed freely. London 2012: Alistair and Jonny Brownlee eye triathlon domination 2012-07-06T16:45:47Z That means individual teachers are set to receive only a pittance. SchoolBook: Questions on Special Ed? There's a Hotline for That 2012-06-29T12:34:43Z Yet by then, it was not uncommon to find the creator of that tag haggling with customers on the street as he sold canvases for a pittance. Wayne Roberts, ‘Stay High 149’ in Graffiti Circles, Is Dead at 61 2012-06-12T18:02:35Z In return, they are collecting a pittance from banks — typically 0.5 percent to 1 percent. Fair Game: Banks Could Return a Favor to Governments - Fair Game 2012-06-09T19:23:51Z He would eventually be making nearly half a million dollars a year — a pittance by Wall Street standards, but big money for a state employee. South Carolina’s Pension Push Into High-Octane Investments 2012-06-09T18:49:07Z A pittance for the great feeling of helping one's fellow Californians. How California can pay its debt 2012-05-22T10:24:38Z School systems that had spent a pittance on all-black schools were now obliged to invest considerably more on African-American students’ education after the schools became integrated. Opinion: Integration Worked. Why Have We Rejected It? 2012-05-20T06:48:08Z The problems of the euro zone are a pittance by comparison.” India Ink: Never Mind Europe. Worry About India. 2012-05-06T19:08:33Z That’s a scandal — with no known links to Obama — but it’s also a pittance compared with the money spent on national defense, health care and other government services. Over-the-top attacks on Obama?s green-energy programs 2012-04-30T10:02:00Z William of Wykeham writes to Wherwell in 1387 concerning the abbess’ illicit detention of “certain distributions and pittances as well in money as in spices,” which divers benefactors had endowed. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z She’d give me all her savings gladly if I was mean enough to take them; but I couldn’t live on that pittance, could I? Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z On the other hand there might be method in the modest pittance that was meted out to her. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Though she had not been left absolutely penniless, her little pittance was not enough to keep her in idleness, and she was staying at Mitchelhurst while the question of her future was debated. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z Here, indeed, the earnings do usually find their way home, materially increase the miserable pittance allowed by the guardians, and must be regarded as a tax levied on children in aid of the ratepayer. Boy Labour and Apprenticeship 2012-03-30T02:00:18.807Z There was a pittance on the dedication day of the convent and sometimes on other saints’ days. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Of course, the state financing is a pittance compared with what some other governments are investing in their commemorations. City Room: At Last Minute, New York Budgets for War of 1812 Bicentennial 2012-03-29T20:03:51Z The new state budget would leave Mr. Cuomo and the Legislature with a projected gap of less than $1 billion to address next year, a relative pittance by Albany standards. City Room: Cuomo and Legislators Reach Deal on Budget 2012-03-27T18:54:24Z The radical cure lies in the men being better paid, for their salaries are such pittances that many of them look on extortion as their right. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z He was scarce able to come to the carriage window, and coughed so hollowly that I thought he had nearly begged his last pittance. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z The brewer and baker were paid a tip of 20d. and 6d. respectively, when they had to make the extra pittance beer and bread. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Suppose the weary worker toils, For scanty pittance delves and moils; Am I my brother's keeper? The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z She would encourage him, poor grubbing newspaper writer, with his beggarly pittance! The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z In giving up the mere pittance of two third-round draft picks for Marshall, Emery didn't just get the type of target Cutler prefers. Bears GM makes bold move with Marshall 2012-03-14T01:43:00Z A small room was hired for a pittance, four boys rooming together. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z What blessings on the black-faced sheep, when the sorely-needed silver is locked up in the treasury chest and debts begin to look less terrible, leaking roofs less incurable, pittances less few and far between. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Thus, then, were these fourteen provided for, but, of the others, not one received a single shilling, except, as has been said, a mere pittance that sufficed to procure them a few nights’ shelter. Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History 2012-02-29T03:00:24.937Z Past his prime and discredited, he could not hope to make more than a pittance, happy if he could earn some two or three pounds a week in some such situation as Rodd's. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Perhaps, had that sister known the straits of her poor relatives, her paltry pittance might have been increased. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z There is little work in this area of Delhi and what there is pays a pittance. Hunger in the Delhi slums 2012-02-15T10:53:51Z It was customary also for monks and nuns to receive a pittance on this day; and welcome it must have been after the long Lenten fast. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z A pittance for a schoolboy, which he will fling back into your face. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z The traitor had worked well for the degrading pittance. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Down among the mysteries of the fountains of Nature, she sees her now no longer yielding reluctantly an unwilling pittance to the sweat of the labour of man, but uncursed. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z They had only a pittance and a little cottage in these mountains, which they had used as a camp for summer time. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z A pittance was originally an extra allowance of food and it was quite common for a benefactor to leave money to a convent for a pittance on the anniversary of his death. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Retaining but a mere pittance, she devoted all her means to the comfort of Elizabeth, and found a home with her brother, in Ketterford. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z Men lavished their thought, and men lavished their sweat for a pittance, upon this building. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z The children, who receive instruction in writing, cyphering, and needlework, pay a small pittance, which is placed in the school fund. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z I can see yet the tears scorch in the proud eyes of three undowered sisters, slaving at their one art of embroidery from early till late for the miserable pittance that it brought them. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z These pittances were, however, sometimes paid in money and most account rolls will provide examples of both. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z In June, Xstrata started exporting iron ore concentrate as by-product from a copper mine in Australia at the modest annual rate of 1.2 million tonnes, it's only source and a pittance by global standards. Merged Glencore, Xstrata would take aim at iron ore 2012-02-03T09:54:35Z |
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