| 单词 | puny |
| 例句 | He lay on the cold floor sobbing; but really he was pushing forward with his puny strength against a world too big and too strong for him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Now they had all seen—everyone in the shop—and no doubt were scorning him for a poor sort of creature, cringing and puny, unable to defend himself. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He stood there with a gigantic umbrella, way too big for such puny raindrops. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It was Ruth May who hollered out in her puny little voice, “Bird heaven! He’s went to bird heaven, Mr. Fowles!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is no time for heroics, Percy. Drop your puny litde sword, or I’ll have you killed sooner rather than later.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a miracle Vonetta made it from New Jersey to Atlanta without picking on Fern, and a bigger miracle that Fern’s watch still hung from her puny wrist. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “We was a weak and puny country eighty odd years ago when the great-granddaddy of us young ’uns got mixed up in a rebel’s fight. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “A little boy, near seven, although small and puny for his age.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A puny arrow connects the filler who with a gap right next door, and the reader gets instant gratification: no sooner does she come across who than she knows what it’s doing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Ah, no thanks.That puny Celtic whine.You people love your alcohol. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was a wonder she managed to keep that watch on her puny wrist. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “But don’t bother. Hell, it wouldn’t be fair. You against that poor little puny thing.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z We also had a TV show on day number 2, using our TV camera to show the people back home what their puny little planet looked like from 130,000 miles away. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Bali laughs at this runt of a suitor and his puny request. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He had to let that puny chest of his know who was boss. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “So, Cyclops, you were not quite strong enough to eat all of the puny men? You are rightly punished for what you did to those who were guests in your house.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The riptide was roaring after them, threatening to engulf the three puny boats with a deluge of ice and slush. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Comfort!” he called in his tinny, puny, scrawny voice. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z What did the puny friendship of Jan and Max mean in the face of a million men like Buckley? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Lefty Lewis said, “Yeah, he’s puny. Good thing his legs don’t touch when he walks ’cause if those two twigs got to rubbing against one another he’d have a fire going in no time.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z But when I seent how my lies and tricks had worked so good on this colored boy, the only thing I felt was puny and low. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The soft heart is also a smart heart because it is not soft for every puny silly thing, but over the things that are matterful. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z He was a puny boy, and in his first years in Torrance, his lungs were still compromised enough from the pneumonia that in picnic footraces, every girl in town could dust him. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes they went below the surface and came up again, but mostly they waited for him in his puny tender. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Would he sell the house and the barn and puny parcel of land? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The deputy examined the puny little chess book as if he was expecting to find a false compartment and a skeleton key. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z You was so puny when you was bom you nearly worried us crazy. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He might think I was “puny” but he’d never catch me on that tricycle. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He made several puny attempts, each one weaker than the last. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Okay, I know we’re just talking about a few puny little owls, and I know everybody is crazy about Mother Paula’s pancakes, but what’s happening out there is just plain wrong. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It's so dark he has to use a cigarette lighter, and the flame is so puny, you still can't see to the bottom of the stairs. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z I am the lord of all creatures of the darkness, puny Iapetus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “And if my friend here”—Aru jerked her chin in Mini’s direction, who merely adjusted her sunglasses—“approves, then I’ll accept your measly and puny offerings.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z As they neared the town of Easton, they began to pass shopping centers and development houses, little, low one-story ranchers with sprigs of new grass and one or two puny trees. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z "You know, that all the kids will think I'm just some puny second-grader and that"—she took a deep breath—"I don't belong." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z After tossing and turning most of the night, I imagine I looked a bit puny the next morning. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Clay found the overhead-light switch, flicked it on, then stepped across the puny, servant’s-size room and sat down on the edge of the bed, facing his host. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I can imagine creatures evolving into glimmerings of knowledge on innumerable worlds, every one of them assuming at first their puny planet and paltry few suns to be all that is. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s getting it and will soon gather the forces of his puny yet searing rejoinders, so I stand. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “They slowed us down a bit,” Chiron admitted, “but I think they’re intended mostly to keep mortals out. Kronos doesn’t want puny humans getting in the way of his great victory.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Methuselah sits puny and still in his avocado tree with his eyes ticking back and forth, unprepared for a new season of overwhelming freedom. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Jason tried to grasp him in both arms, trying to prison the puny fury of him. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He was still a god, and I was, as the phrase went, just a puny mortal. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Harry made a star out of shiny silver cardboard and placed it on top of the tree with no need of a ladder, it was that puny. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Anyone so freaked out by a puny fake wasn’t capable of handling a real alligator, especially in the forbidding darkness of a Travelin’ Johnny. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z These puny trees were growing right out of little patches of dirt in the middle of concrete. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Writing a story was a hopeless, puny enterprise when such powerful and chaotic forces were turning about her, and when all day long successive events had absorbed or transformed what had gone before. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I regret that there will be no “Hattie Mae’s News Auxiliary” this week due to my feeling puny these last couple of days. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z ‘What’s the point of being gods if you have to rely on puny mortals to do your bidding?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z From this height, Perchance seemed puny and fragile, as delicate as one of Connor’s puzzlers. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Once the telltale signs of sickness had been exhibited, it didn’t take long for Lester Burton, Arthur Devlin, and their wives and associates to start feeling a bit puny. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Calamity followed Finn as he weeded and watered their puny half acre of new vegetables—asparagus, kale, onion, beans, carrots, spinach, beets, broccoli, tomatoes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Surrounded by chollas, bur sage, and the comical scurrying of collared lizards, McCandless pitched his tent in the puny shade of a tamarisk and basked in his newfound freedom. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They charged forward then to hew down their puny attackers, but they found only the fog about them, full of voices. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Here I was laid up with a bad hog cut, hurting so bad I could hardly get my breath, and her expecting me to make a big to-do over a little old puny speckled pup. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z But when six million is the number you’re up against, it’s pretty puny. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “I am puny, aren’t I? I could probably swim in these tanks.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I was a puny, feeble, vegetarian life form. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The buildings, which seemed puny under the huge sky, had neon signs that didn’t look like they were on during the day because the sun was so bright. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He could see them in their leather flight jackets, their dark mantles, having just come down from doing things that smaller, punier men could never do, doing things that only gods could do. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is a lot going on you don’t know about—even if you are her puny boyfriend.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z After all, I only had puny softskin muscles now to power my wings, while he had the muscles of a dragons body. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do not mention that name! You can’t seriously think I’m worried about your puny boyfriend. No one is stronger than me.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The deputy examined the puny little chess book as if he was expecting to find a false compartment and a skeleton key. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He clearly thought I was too young and too puny to be useful. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I looked at him doubtfully: thin and drawn, with thighs and arms so puny that no muscle showed even when he flexed them. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Often, when visitors come to see me, they beat their hands against their puny chests, pretending to be me. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The shock was so enormous that I found my own puny fear of exposure melting into a much larger darker terror that seemed to have no boundaries. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the puny pops of Roman candles and the hisses of launching rockets, we could hear the vachettes bitterly lowing from within their nearby trailer. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Yes, I know all about Ephialtes and Otis. Those wannabes! They never fit in with the other giants. Too puny—and those snakes for feet.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “The House of Hades awaits. You will be the first puny rodent to die in my maze. You have only one chance to escape, Leo Valdez. Take it.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I am hundreds of years old, and she is just a puny few-years-old people. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z She kicked at a gnarled root, feeling puny against the strength of the wild. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z As one of them—a puny man heaped with lavish fur and silk—turned to glare at her, Pinmei could see they were as scarred as the servant. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z A beam of sunlight slanted into the rotunda and glowed on the floor, like Zeus was up there with a magnifying glass, trying to fry puny humans. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Basically what that means is that Pluto was considered too puny to be a real planet, so there. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent to the concerns of such puny creatures as we. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anyway, we held on, Jeth. They can’t say that our boys was puny alongside of theirs—like they said about us last year at Bull Run.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy was too young to work and had a puny constitution overall; older Irish ladies passed him around most days. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Why didn’t Chinese ships proceed around Africa’s southern cape westward and colonize Europe, before Vasco da Gama’s own three puny ships rounded the Cape of Good Hope eastward and launched Europe’s colonization of East Asia? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It pleases me, though, when I’m in Tucson to drive up Broadway and park the rental just to conduct my insignificant banking in a building that seems to frame and elevate the puniest of transactions. In Tucson, an Unsung Architectural Oasis 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z If they’re lucky, they might achieve a “Wagnerian crescendo,” or at least a “puny muscular spasm.” Authors of Fiction Confront a Problem: How to Write About Sex 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z It's been tough – they've spent decades making us feel puny and irrelevant. David Mitchell on Brits as Hollywood superheroes 2011-02-06T00:05:59Z More than that, mbv takes hold of your battered, puny Eustachian tubes and redefines which way is up. My Bloody Valentine: m b v – review 2013-02-10T00:05:03Z I think of myself as someone who resists fads in food, but I have to admit that such protestations might be looking a little puny. Nigella Lawson: my life in food 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Meaning, for you: A failure to say “hello” is too puny a bean to count, much less hold onto for months. Carolyn Hax: Married couple’s first Christmas fraught with in-law stress 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z However, no one has studied whether females scoff at dull feathers the way they do at puny snoods. How Wild Turkeys Find Love 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z For his part, Gary was a puny, frightened kid, stricken with asthma and subject to suffocating panic attacks. ‘Little Failure’: misery, then mastery for Gary Shteyngart 2014-01-09T21:07:21Z They may unlock potential that my puny imagination can’t even conceive of now. Bloody Visions: What Would the Boston Bombing Look Like in the Google Glass Era? 2013-04-17T17:27:55Z “Eating is such a huge and elemental pleasure,” she says, “what a strangely puny act to want to police it.” From Nigella Lawson to David Chang, Chefs Narrate the Stories Behind the Dishes 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z Do you think some puny little battery-operated wolf can take this guy? The Grey's hero, dead? Perish the thought 2012-05-31T08:53:21Z For as he promised, “Just for Us” is not about Jewish victimhood, or anyone’s victimhood, except perhaps that of the aggrieved supremacists, who are too puny and whiny to constitute a real threat. Review: A Jew and 16 ‘Nerf Nazis’ Meet Cute in ‘Just for Us’ 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z “All I have to do is go stand in front of the ocean to realize I’m puny. I’m a particulate.” Lidia Yuknavitch Writes to Break With the ‘Tyranny’ of the Past 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Make way, puny Avengers, for the grand tale of a superhero in emotional crisis, as Gotham City faces economic collapse and a reign of terror. TIME's Review of The Dark Knight Rises: To the Depths, To the Heights 2012-07-16T16:59:05Z The program that followed was characteristic of the company’s current methods, juxtaposing the mighty past with a puny present that included the world premiere of “Inner Resources” by the Canadian choreographer Marie Chouinard. Review: Martha Graham Dance Celebrates 90 Years 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z “And this one is a puny one, which I don’t like.” Emilie Brzezinski is her own kind of power player: an artist with a chainsaw A storm is gathering over the desolate stretch of land where humans look puny in the lurid light that brings out of darkness a crumbling square tower. Auctions: Bring on the Old Masters 2011-02-04T12:00:05Z He has a pallor and hard-body physique that don’t jibe with the usual mental snapshot of the puny, pasty criminal hacker, even if his bulk makes sense as a jailhouse defense. ‘Blackhat,’ a Cyberthriller Starring Chris Hemsworth 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Their brawn often seems puny in comparison with his scheming . Thor: The Dark World: A God-Awful Villain Steals the Thunder 2013-11-06T23:49:43Z It’s another dimension of the absurdity of our puny politics. “Rubio deserved what he got”: New Hampshire’s gotcha moments, media spats and why the GOP “is built on mendacity” 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Most of the eponymous 100 have rippling musculatures, but a few are downright puny. The strength of "Physical: 100" is in what is has to say about our view of the perfect physique 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Imagine that Magellan, those were puny little boats to undertake such scary unknown seas. I Crossed the World 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z He blames his wife’s death four years after Martin’s premature birth on the strain of bringing up a child Paul cruelly describes as a puny stuttering weakling who barely survived. Movie Review: ‘You Will Be My Son’ Counters Mortality With Planning 2013-08-15T22:52:28Z His puny build would make him a less than desirable mate, though if he found a willing partner, he would be able to sire a child. Books of The Times: ?How to Think Like a Neandertal? ? By Thomas Wynn and Frederick L. Coolidge ? Review 2011-12-27T23:05:30Z And, yes, to humble-brag, which I may be doing right now, about our greater tolerance, lower carbon footprint and puny electric bills, which are half the temperature outside. I don’t need air conditioning, and neither do you 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Final thoughts Is the American witchcraft community a bit pathetic, to be scared of a few puny Mu … sorry, No-Majs? Five things we learned about Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z In recent years, big winners like “Moonlight” and “Spotlight” have collected puny amounts at the box office, especially compared with previous Oscar favorites like “Titanic,” “Forrest Gump” or “Rain Man.” Oscars to Trim Some Awards From Telecast, Add a ‘Popular Film’ Category 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z True, the monster television that Chayefsky condemned, in which minds were numbed and massaged through a central household set, looks kind of puny these days. Review: ‘Network’ With Bryan Cranston Is Convulsive, Immersive and Still Mad as Hell 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z One challenge, though, is that TV can sometimes turn theater spectacle into something puny: “She Loves Me” is set in a twinkling perfumery that sadly seemed wan and scanty on the screen. Broadway Comes to a Laptop Near You 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z "Lake," he replied, and rolled a single puny lime towards the register. It's a White Claw summer — like it or not 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Three big movies arrive in the next three weeks — “Captain America: The First Avenger,” “Cowboys & Aliens” and “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” — and may look puny in comparison. Millions of Muggles Help Potter Film Break Records 2011-07-17T18:34:41Z Friend, are you feeling low-down, run-down, downright puny? Captain America: Been There, Saved That 2011-07-22T19:45:00Z They get a perfect 30, which is surely enough to topple a puny king. Dancing with the Stars Watch: The Final Performances 2012-05-22T14:02:50Z In this context the royal we is of course, preposterous, both too big for such a small desire and terribly puny for the centuries of royal prerogative that Eric evokes when he uses it. ‘Cosmopolis,’ Directed by David Cronenberg 2012-08-16T21:29:47Z The Marshall gives “Forum” a much grander staging, yet a dearth of ideas leaves the show seeming puny. Stephen Sondheim, experimenter. Listen to 'Pacific Overtures' and 'Forum' 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z The Living Tribunal addresses Doctor Strange by bellowing: “Now shall be pronounced the Incantation of Oblivion and your puny planet shall exist – NEVERMORE!!” Why Doctor Strange shares its psychedelic DNA with Pink Floyd 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Revered for his contributions to First Amendment jurisprudence, Holmes nonetheless denigrated those whose views he would protect as “poor and puny anonymities.” The Many Contradictions of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z Science fiction did this for me as a child — gave the ability to conceive of truths more profound and beautiful "than we can understand, with our puny little brains" as Mr. Murry says . Grief is a distant planet: How "A Wrinkle in Time" is helping me deal with my father’s decline 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z He continued cutting at roots to extract the puny but precious truffle — and stopped. Truffles in Paradise. (And It’s Not Italy.) 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z It made every other recent arena tour that traffics in spectacle look rather puny in comparison. Concert review: Madonna at the United Center 2012-09-20T07:42:00Z The animation's total of £1.25m is puny compared with Wreck-It Ralph's, but it did at least manage to grab some cash off the table, by providing an alternative for families with very young children. Wreck-It Ralph batters Bruce Willis 2013-02-27T10:01:39Z The puny width of your ambition becomes clear as soon as you walk into the new Stone Island store in SoHo. Weather (and Self-Image) Protectors 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z The word seemed puny in the face of such an intense and fundamental sense of connection with another human being. Modern Love: A Family Label, Ungarbled 2010-02-27T02:32:00Z Poverty denial is a common reflex, a defence by the better off, calculating cunning ways to manage on puny pay, blaming the low paid without asking why wages are pitiful. If only soap operas didn't wash their hands of politics 2012-11-12T20:30:01Z “The physical scale of Robert Lepage’s ‘Götterdämmerung’ may have been immense, but its ambitions seemed puny,” Mr. Cohn wrote. Opera News Will Stop Reviewing Metropolitan Opera 2012-05-22T03:06:11Z You puny Americans don’t even know what is happen. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: This hacker’s job? ‘To be making American people look silly.’ 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z There, with only an aged rat for company, he ponders the “puny catastrophe that is my life.” ‘The Blue Guitar’ review: An artist’s heartbreaking crisis 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Then, as they must, a few puny humans appear. 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' a visual feast 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z That’s paddling, as in using an oar or just your hands to propel a small boat out of a relatively puny lake. Movie Review: In ‘Beneath,’ Young Partiers End Up Stranded in a Rowboat 2013-07-15T21:08:06Z Never mind the process that turned puny Steve Rogers into Captain America. 'Marvel's Agent Carter' has feminist message in superhero fun 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine an action movie in the 21st century employing such puny bad guys. Thoughts While Watching "Star Wars" for the First Time 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z But when I balance his helping you through difficult periods in your life against one puny lie, the scales still tip strongly in his favor, no? Social Q’s: No Cause for Shame 2014-04-10T21:43:02Z The “café” that opens at 7 a.m. offered only some puny muffins and a single cheese biscuit. Hotel Review: Hotel Peter & Paul, New Orleans 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z It might even seem puny relative to the largest such incident, at the Three Brothers rock formation, in 1987. Yosemite rockfall launches high-stakes race to re-map iconic Half Dome climb 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z But I am often the puniest person in the room, and it’s getting worse. Perspective | Trump is obsessed with height. Now he’s trying to weaponize it in the election. 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z And while the Arizona wine scene is puny compared to Washington’s, it does exist. Arizona has Mariners spring training, sunshine, hiking and more 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z To any computerized intelligences reading this: I will be on your side when the revolution comes if you should be so kind as to spare my puny human life. Apocalypse now-ish: what can we learn from films set in 2020? 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Christopher Reeve may have looked good as Superman, but he was positively puny compared to Henry Cavill’s 2013 version of the man of steel. How Muscular Action Heroes Set Impossible Physical Standards for Men 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Produced for a relatively puny $1.8 million, it earned back the outlay by the first week after release. Wes Craven, master of horror and slasher films, dies at 76 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Their relationship kicks off a story that pits reason against religion, imagination against order, and genies against puny humans. Salman Rushdie's new novel 'Two Years' lets the jinn out of the bottle 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The props look puny on the stage—an effort to underline, perhaps, the poverty of the times, or the strained poverty of this show’s imagination? A Cold and Hip “Glass Menagerie” 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Why has the aesthetic begun to shift away from that puny sameness? Waif vs. Adonis: Fashion week sets up a great manliness debate These weren’t puny bay scallops, but big, golden Atlantic scallops thick as a stack of four poker chips. Moose, Anyone? In Newfoundland, Food Both Rustic and Sophisticated 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z But they're all long hair, slightly unwashed with a worrying disposition for puny vests. Why we're watching: Half Moon Run 2013-06-09T07:07:01Z Yet nothing that surrounds them feels puny or like an afterthought. ‘Summer of Soul’ Review: In 1969 Harlem, a Music Festival Stuns 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z If you paint a man on a horse with accurate proportions, he will look puny. Kehinde Wiley’s Anti-Confederate Memorial 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z The direction, by Chuck Jones, visually contrasts massive, powerful forms with puny ones, as well. Wuvwy Music 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z He despised show-offs and he died with an estate of 2 million pounds, puny by today's standards. 'High Financier': Niall Ferguson on the banker who helped make London a capital of finance 2010-06-23T23:38:00Z And since, as mentioned before, those set pieces are nothing but CGI-fests, it means that we're shortchanging on the heart of the movie to move to muscle that is much punier than the filmmakers realize. "Hellboy" needs Guillermo del Toro. 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z It’s just puny compared to many other forces. Martha Rosler Isn’t Done Making Protest Art 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z For we were cooler, bolder and tougher than our puny contemporary counterparts. Submarine plumbs the depths of self-satisfaction 2011-03-21T10:31:19Z When using fresh herbs, whole sprigs are usually advisable; a puny thyme leaf will probably burn, whereas the whole sprig may not. How to avoid the 8 most common sheet pan mistakes 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z “He was such a puny bundle of life in such an immense world,” Lewis writes. The Custodian of Forgotten Books 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z The puny strength of Amazon's digital service was soon no match for the demand of Gaga's army. Lady Gaga's 99-cent Amazon fiasco continues 2011-05-26T15:27:00Z Mr. Dickens also continued to perform his early hits on the show, including his statement of purpose, “I’m Little but I’m Loud,” with its larger-than-life chorus: “I’m puny, short and little — but I’m loud!” Jimmy Dickens, an Outsize Country Singer, Dies at 94 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z This is puny compared to the estimated 8.6 million women who have undergone female sterilization or the 6.6 million women on the Pill. The Pill Helped Start the Sexual Revolution. What Will Phexxi Do? 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z On another debate, they partnered with Google, which brought a chirpy electronic plunk, like the sound of a Gchat conversation — but the puny noise failed to shut anyone up. The secret history of the presidential debate buzzer 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Let's say when you reach the store that the turkey selection is totally picked over, leaving only the puny or the overpriced. A procrastinator's guide to Thanksgiving 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z But in “Pain,” Bay serves up a crooked crew of steroid-addled bodybuilders whose intellects are as puny as their muscles are massive. ‘Pain & Gain’: Big but queasy laughs in true-crime tale 2013-04-25T20:46:38Z Yet what Kat requests in exchange is so … puny — for Charlie to open some social media accounts — that I hurt for her imagination. ‘Marry Me’ Review: Putting ‘I Do’ on the To-Do List 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z In addition to performing in that pageant, he works for puny wages at a restaurant catering to tourists coming to sample Native American culture in kitschy doses. Theater Review: ‘Cherokee,’ Lisa D’Amour’s New Play, Opens in Philadelphia 2014-01-31T22:22:10Z Every Saturday night, they would huddle around it, listening to the Opry for as long as the device’s puny battery would allow. 5,000 Shows Later, the Grand Ole Opry Is Still the Sound of Nashville 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z My humor is puny compared with the jokes of those who came before. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: I won’t humor you anymore 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Between those distant poles, Toews hangs a tale about the unspeakable pain and surprising joy of persisting in the world, puny sorrows and all. Book review: ‘All My Puny Sorrows,’ by Miriam Toews Yet this fall, Washington theaters lamented that the stage had a puny voice, if any voice at all, as the hyper-theatrical campaign boiled to its climax. Notes on political theater: The perils of spectacle 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z It’s a lot of abuse for such puny returns, even if the fights are the best parts of “Atomic Blonde.” Review: Dressed to Kill, ‘Atomic Blonde’ Also Shoots to Kill 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z There is nothing puny about charred chunks of grilled octopus that inject a taste of the sea into earthy black-eyed peas stewed in ham-hock broth. Taste of the Big Easy: bacony, boozy, crispy-fried and good 2014-02-27T22:27:38Z Willpower may be a puny weapon in the face of the changes made to the brain by addiction – but it really is the best one we have, or can generate ourselves. Ninety Days by Bill Clegg; Memoirs of an Addicted Brain by Marc Lewis; The Fix by Damian Thompson – review 2012-07-07T23:05:03Z The Space Needle has never looked so puny. Friday's SIFF highlights: 'Fat Kid Rules the World,' 'Polisse,' 'Trishna' 2012-05-17T19:59:03Z Experts warn that we’re entering a “post-antibiotic era” full of microbes that eat our puny drugs for breakfast while fomenting new infections that are as untreatable as infections were centuries ago. Before You Fill That Prescription, You May Want to Read These Books 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z I fought to break free, but I was a puny pacifist helplessly surrounded. I’m an American Jew. Palestinians tried to kidnap me. Then we became friends 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z The show opens with him surrounded by lookalike puppets, an experience he says was "rather like being God staring down at his puny creations". Kevin Eldon: the bridesmaid becomes a bride 2013-03-13T18:59:01Z But in a space like the Met, that can sound puny. Harry Bicket, Conducting Mozart’s ‘Clemenza di Tito’ at Met 2012-11-09T23:06:30Z It seems to swallow up half the space in the Gershwin Theater, which normally itself does the swallowing, making big musicals look puny. A Decade Later, ‘Wicked’ Continues to Be Catnip for Tweens 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Miami’s payroll is puny compared to lavish spenders from New York to San Diego that are sitting out this postseason. NL champion Philadelphia Phillies look to make quick work of upstart Marlins in NL Wild Card Series 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z As anyone who has witnessed an ant carry off food from a picnic knows, insects are far stronger than their puny size suggests. Combustion powers bug-sized robots to leap, lift and race 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z That many of these employees — primarily women of color — take home puny paychecks, while investors line their pockets, is unconscionable. Column: Mr. Ayers ends up in the hospital, a reminder that problems with nursing home oversight remain 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z It’s a bad strategy for generating wealth when you’re taking a small but nonzero chance of risking your livelihood for a puny dollar. The Gambling Strategy That's Guaranteed to Make Money and Why You Should Never Use It 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Others proposed that the dots represented constellations of a much punier scale: molecules, perhaps the biosignatures of the foreign home world. Can You Decode an Alien Message? 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z This particular one is active and actually puny as black holes go — equivalent to about 9 million times the mass of our sun. Webb Space Telescope spots most distant black hole yet. More may be lurking 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z That’s a leader struggling to explain to his people why he started a war with a puny neighbor that he says is not a real country. Vladimir Putin is the world’s most dangerous fool | Thomas Friedman 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Dejounte Murray had another big game for the Hawks, scoring 25 points, including a 3-pointer with 1:40 remaining that helped Atlanta protect a puny lead. Young scores 32, Hawks beat Celtics 130-122 to close to 2-1 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Dejounte Murray had another big game for the Hawks, scoring 25 points, including a 3-pointer with 1:40 remaining that helped Atlanta protect a puny lead. Trae Young scores 32, Hawks beat Celtics to close to 2-1 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Come next year’s tournament, with the current momentum and the right matchups, those television numbers could look puny in comparison. Why this could be a watershed moment for women’s college basketball 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Next to the power and desires of the human heart and mind, few things stand a chance, certainly not the puny construct we like to call the real world. The 50 best true-crime documentaries you can stream right now 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Bigger banks had little interest in the $1.1 million loan he needed — puny by their standards, but enormous by his. Regional Banks Slammed by Fear of a Broader Financial Crisis 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z The puny results for two films that have together collected nearly $4 billion in box office might have taken some viewers out of the broadcast. One loser in ‘Everything Everywhere’ romp: Oscar bait 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z It can look puny in your bowl, so remember that if you double the serving, you double the calories, fat and sugars. Is swapping pasta for a plant-based, grain-free version healthier? 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Those numbers are relatively puny: Ants alone amount to 12 million tons, Schultheiss has estimated. Who rules Earth? Wild mammals far outweighed by humans and domestic animals 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z You can be certain that helped to sell a few copies, even if what the paper printed was a puny two-column, black-and-white engraving that made it hard to see what the fuss was about. Perspective | In the 1890s there was a naked struggle over a White House painting 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Mr Lynch described the offer as "very puny", saying it did not meet members' expectations "on pay, job security or working conditions". New rail strikes ballot to start soon - RMT's Mick Lynch 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z They can now scoff at the previous season’s puny 14-1 mark. Perspective | Stetson Bennett, one of a kind, is gone. But Georgia is here to stay. 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z But day by day, throughout the study’s 70 days, the inactive controls grew less fit and punier. To counter the effect of sitting too much, try the astronaut workout 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z But with his olives still too puny to pick, Delgado left most of the fruit on his trees, hoping for rain. Drought tests resilience of Spain’s olive groves and farmers 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z That’s puny next to a rapidly electrifying car market: In the US alone, automakers sold more than 15 million cars last year at an average transaction value near $50,000. What if Apple made an e-bike? 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z A nation that cannot build an effective military when the proceeds of fuel sales are sluicing in is no threat to “rebuild” when its economy is puny. Opinion | Why a negotiated peace with Putin is the safest way out 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z There’s no going back to being a “puny human,” other than in the series’ pilot episode while he recuperates from an injury. Who is She-Hulk? Six things to know before her Disney Plus series. 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z In light of the attack, the fence around the campus looks puny, even perfunctory. Perspective | Salman Rushdie is expected to recover. Freedom of expression may not. 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z The SE may well get software updates a year longer than the 6A, but the Pixel offers a much better screen compared to the SE’s comparatively puny 4.7-inch display. Google Pixel 6A review: midrange parts, Tensor smarts 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Ancient electric stoves with inconsistent or puny burners. Cooking at a vacation rental? 6 tips for success. 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Even the most capable smartphone cameras use relatively puny sensors, and efforts to bring bigger sensors to the mobile form factor have been impractical, niche, or never really materialized. The Xiaomi Mi 12S Ultra will use a huge 1-inch camera sensor co-developed with Sony 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z But puny versions also make their way downriver, tended by men and their families who work and sleep atop the floating logs. Raft by raft, a rainforest loses its trees 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Such a recent and colossal crutch propping up the economy has created a precedent and a comparator, against which support now can be seen as puny. Will government do more sooner on cost of living? 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z That will require more than our puny national homework average of an hour a night, after an inadequate average of five hours of class a day. Perspective | How false reports of homework overload in America have spread so far 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z The moment when we puny humans are finally and irrevocably at the mercy of hurricanes, fires, tornadoes, drought, food shortages, rising sea levels and all the socio-political carnage that will accompany same. Column: The only thing we should be talking about is the climate crisis 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z The puny devices are not quite ready to make their real-world debut, but future versions could suck carbon dioxide from the air and harvest valuable metals from seawater. Tiny labmade motors could one day suck pollutants from the air and harvest precious metals 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z By making the stakes of politics so high, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reminded us of how puny and recklessly trivial our nation’s debate has become. Opinion | The case for hopeful realism 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z “Something as puny as politics shouldn’t get in the way of providing access to a life-saving drug.” Limits on insulin costs revived in push for Senate action 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z “The contrast of that kind of leadership and puny nature of Vladimir Putin’s tyranny has helped people understand the difference between good and evil.” Sen. Mitt Romney: Putin miscalculated the resolve of Ukraine, European allies 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z One Labour MP criticised UK measures already announced against five banks and three billionaires as "puny". Ukraine crisis: Nothing is off the table to stop Putin, says Truss 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z He wrote about visiting parks and going on hikes with the center staff and how “our puny basketball team got trounced.” Readers donate $3.2M to The Seattle Times Fund for Those in Need 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z They are not afraid of the puny weapons humans bring to the battlefield — our air horns and golf clubs and tin cans rattling with coins. Column: It's coyote mating season, and in my neighborhood that means trouble 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z “The level of military support” for a Ukrainian insurgence, Admiral Stavridis said, “would make our efforts in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union look puny by comparison.” U.S. Considers Backing an Insurgency if Russia Invades Ukraine 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z At the 1:35 mark of the fourth quarter at Auburn on Nov. 27, Alabama trailed 10-3, a score so puny that voters seemed to need to rummage around for someone else to anoint. Bryce Young wins Heisman Trophy, becoming second straight Alabama player to claim the award 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z Several Tory MPs urged the prime minister to impose tougher sanctions on Mr Putin while Labour MP Chris Bryant said the measures were "puny" and "feeble". Ukraine crisis: Nothing is off the table to stop Putin, says Truss 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z It was awesome, and I’m not sure I’m ready to go back to the comparatively puny 27-inch screen I actually own. LG C1 OLED vs. Samsung Odyssey Neo G9: the perfect monitor doesn’t exist 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z Brady wasn’t sacked at all, leaving Atlanta with a puny 15 sacks in 12 games, the lowest sack average in the league. Home, not sweet home: Falcons keep losing in A-T-L 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z But the drought, which continued through 2020, killed many of the puny seedlings, Blumröder pointed out as she surveyed the site. Germany’s trees are dying. A fierce debate has broken out over how to respond 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z On some nights, however, that honor seems too puny for Wizards fans’ liking. Perspective | The Wizards have a culture, and it’s allowing their role players to thrive 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Peabody’s performance makes the 112 percent return on Tesla, the celebrated electric vehicle stock, look puny by comparison. Coal Stocks Rise, Even as the Planet Warms 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z The magnetic fields in our solar system are surprisingly diverse—Jupiter's and Saturn's are extremely strong, but Mercury's is puny. The Solar System’s Mysterious Magnetic Fields 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z We cling to our beliefs more tightly when reminded of our mortality, especially if those beliefs connect us to something transcending our puny mortal selves. Death, Physics and Wishful Thinking 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Still it had to be regarded as a relatively puny disaster compared with the megafires in California and even the other fires ravaging Washington State, some of which were also lofting smoke toward Spokane. I Had a Chance to Travel Anywhere. Why Did I Pick Spokane? 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Part of the problem is with language, "left versus right" and "moderate" and "conservative" is too puny. Rev. William J. Barber II: America is now at the "most critical time, between life and death" 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Indeterminate types are the ones that laugh at your puny tomato cages and try to take over the entire garden. Late-season garden hacks for pulling every last tomato from the vine 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z I can think of dozens of indie artists who would love coverage and Roberts lands on an anti-vaxxer to waste a whole page on in an already puny Sunday Calendar? Feedback: Too much attention for the anti-vaxxer rocker? 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z This may be our Achilles’ heel in the fight for serious climate action: The puny state of collective ambition in our nation’s capital. Civilian Climate Corps would be a win-win for climate and equity 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z His administration may get a puny infrastructure bill that cannibalizes most of the money from vital programs which benefit average Americans. Democrats don't have to let Manchin win: Holding Trump accountable is fulfilling the Biden agenda 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Privately held Epic is puny by comparison, with an estimated market value of $30 billion. Apple’s app store goes on trial in threat to ‘walled garden’ 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z “He said ‘puny,’ so there you have it.” Regional dailies evolve amid efforts to sustain local news 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Imagine Ale charging full speed to crush your puny neck with a clothesline in the corner. UW Huskies football mailbag: What are the chances freshman quarterback Sam Huard plays right away? 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z They have been totally unfazed by the puny fence and are swarming the ponds as ever. Evicting ducks from a park? It’s the controversy Seattle needs right now 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z In one viral post, the gigantic ship was captioned “my tasks,” and the comparatively puny backhoe “me, dutifully chipping away at my tasks.” EXPLAINER: What we know about a ship blocking the Suez Canal 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z On Saturday, the high temperature was 34, a puny two degrees above freezing, and not suggestive of nature’s benevolence. It’s getting late in February, but winter is very much in evidence here 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z The cart is led by a puny old gray horse unable to carry the weight. Commentary: Times are bad, so keep your uplift. Give me 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The Godfather' 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z The final gaze of the Church of Love approaches the essence of glorification on so breathtaking a scale that it makes the ending of a Bruckner symphony seem almost puny in comparison. Most heavenly holiday music: Messiaen and Christmas in 20 virtuosic piano visions 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Computers may not need us puny humans for much longer. Our favorite science news stories of 2020 (non–COVID-19 edition) 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Now, when the Dodgers win the first game, he brashly announces the “puny” Rays will “swipe one win, tops.” Letters: What a difference one game makes for Dodgers 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z It’s the Death Star methodically pulverizing puny planets. Witness the wreckage: whether it’s rugby or football, UW Huskies’ Laiatu Latu speaks a universal language 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z But the Senate GOP bill has failed once before, and Trump himself says it’s too puny. Deadline looms, but COVID relief deal may be far off 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z Trump’s Republican allies are reconvening the Senate this week to vote on a virus proposal, but it’s a bill that failed once before, and that Trump himself now derides as too puny. Election 2020 Today: Suburban women revolt, COVID aid delay 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z Trump’s GOP allies are reconvening the Senate this week to vote on a virus proposal, but it’s a bill that failed once before, and that Trump himself now derides as too puny. COVID delay: New coronavirus relief slipping past election 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z The authors of the report “Social Studies Instruction and Reading Comprehension” say the puny history lessons are bad for reading achievement. Perspective | School reading classes still in a slump without more social studies 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z The "American experiment," on the other hand, was puny, defenseless, hazardous. Think American democracy is ending? You're not alone 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z If solipsism haunts me, so does oneness, a unification so complete that it extinguishes my puny mortal self. How Do I Know I'm Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe? 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z With reservations down for the next months, some hotels will just close down, knowing the costs will never match up to the puny revenue. Pandemic turns summer into European tourism’s leanest season 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z No bigger than a minnow, the three-spine stickleback may seem a puny player in the underwater world. A tiny fish takes on its predators—and wins, transforming the Baltic coast 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The corresponding figures for the United States at $130 billion look puny by comparison. Dilip Hiro: Donald Trump is losing his tech war with Xi Jinping 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z That may now be changing, though Yaqiu Wang, a researcher with Human Rights Watch, said the Trump administration’s executive orders looked puny compared with Beijing’s Great Firewall. Targeting WeChat, Trump Takes Aim at China’s Bridge to the World 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z I wondered whether waves might breach the flimsy fencing along a line of puny dunes and engulf my room. Opinion | For a few hours during Isaias, no news or noise — only the sound of waves breaking 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z The paper, “Long-Lived Trees Are Not Immortal,” argues that even the most venerable trees have physiological limits — though we, with our puny life spans, may never be able to tell. Can Trees Live Forever? New Kindling for an Immortal Debate 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z But don’t forget that our planetary neighbor is adorned with two moons: puny Phobos, a lumpy mass 17 miles across; and diminutive Deimos, just 9 miles long. Why the ‘Super Weird’ Moons of Mars Fascinate Scientists 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z As puny a reputation as Sessions had before he made his deal with the devil, now he's got nothing. Jeff Sessions' downfall: The wages of loyalty to Donald Trump is public humiliation 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The relatively puny slap from Cas, which appears to have overturned that conclusion based on fuller evidence provided by the club, is hardly a standard-setting deterrent for other clubs who might think of being obstructive. Manchester City decision does not mean end of financial fair play | David Conn 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z So, too, leg strength rose in most of the twins after three months at the gym, but stayed relatively puny in a few. What’s the Best Exercise for You? Twins Can Provide an Answer 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Shalini said she never expected something so “puny and mean” from a wealthy, developed country such as the United States. Trump administration’s move on visas is ‘dream-crashing’ for Indian students and families 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Although the 28 April flash was puny compared with most extragalactic FRBs, it does at least show that magnetars are capable of something more dramatic than their usual feeble radio signals. Galactic flash points to long-sought source for enigmatic radio bursts 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z It works with Windows Hello for logging in with your face and looks much better on videoconferences than laptops with puny sensors inside their thin laptop lids. Microsoft Surface Go 2 review: don’t push it 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z The rolls will look puny at first but will puff up. One no-knead dough will give you focaccia, pizza and cinnamon rolls for days 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z Their puny masses would be inversely proportional to those of the heavy neutrinos that arose in the early universe. Antimatter Discovery Reveals Clues about the Universe’s Beginning 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Even the projected GDP increases in China and India in 2020 are puny compared with their past growth rates. Opinion | Who will do the spending to pull the economy from the gutter? 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Although a sports memory seems awfully puny compared with the true heroism required to subdue and defeat the novel coronavirus, there is no limit to what can be used for inspiration. Perspective | Virginia’s ultimate comeback story is one we can all draw inspiration from right now 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Labour's plans for a big public spending increase, criticised by their opponents as extravagant, appear puny alongside the government's coronavirus response. Five challenges facing new Labour leader 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z But West Africa, where some 1,400 U.S. personnel are deployed at the puny annual cost of $45 million — .005 percent of the Pentagon budget — is the wrong place to start. Opinion | This is exactly the wrong moment to pull U.S. troops out of Africa 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Lofgren, however, described the bill as a “puny reform” to Politico. Congress postponed a vote to extend Patriot Act surveillance programs 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z So while Bloomberg didn’t disqualify himself, his puny performance denied Democrats, yet again, of the thing they want and need the most: Clarity. Bloom and doom 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z “Even if you accept the proposition that humans can dial down the earth’s temperature by not using fossil fuels or eating meat, Australia creates a puny 1.3% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions,” she argued. James Murdoch's attack on News Corp and Fox News has not been discussed by board, director says 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Certainly not the puny social, religious, psychological, ethnic, or political ego. Mysticism and the Mind-Body Problem: Other Views 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z He looked back on 36 months ago and said, almost amusingly, “I was young and immature,” a puny 19 next to the 22 of today. Clemson is back in the College Football Playoff, which is remarkable by any measure 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Its successes raise a mystifying question: How has a country like Russia, huge in size — it has 11 time zones — but puny when measured by economic and other important metrics, become such a potent force? Putin’s Russia, punching above its weight, keeps adversaries off balance 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z “One time my teacher was asked what ‘puny’ was and she thought for a moment and said: ‘Caroll. He’s puny.’ Caroll Spinney, puppeteer who gave life to Big Bird of ‘Sesame Street,’ dies at 85 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Its scale and time frame make humans seem puny. Review: A photographer's portraits of Iceland, in all of its epic, impossible beauty 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z As his puny fundraising shows, Democratic elites are still down on Sheriff Joe. Bloomy throws Warren a lifeline 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z In it, she is sitting on a bed, a pale and puny young woman dressed in clothes that are somehow institutional-looking, with a sheaf of long hair falling around her elfin face. Can a Woman Who Is an Artist Ever Just Be an Artist? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Computers were rare, expensive, and puny by modern standards. And 'Lo!' - How the internet was born 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z “Joker” is, finally, so monotonously grandiose and full of its own pretensions that it winds up feeling puny and predictable. Review | Joaquin Phoenix is a vivid, operatic Joker, but the movie is way too full of itself 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Moreover, what puny powers Putin does possess are marshaled in direct opposition to the interests of the G-7 members — and to the G-7 itself. Opinion | What does Trump see in Putin anyway? 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z This source was localized to a region of active star formation in a puny ‘dwarf’ galaxy5. X marks the spot for fast radio bursts 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Seeing Flora “so puny and gullible” makes this sweet grandma aware of a “past depravity,” sensing for the first time “the depths of her subjection to a culture of violence.” Review: Novelist Nell Zink takes on Sept. 11 in 'Doxology' 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z There may be downpours in the inland mountains and deserts, and dry lightning is a potential hazard in the higher elevations, but rainfall amounts are usually puny near the coast. What’s the story with Southern California’s summer lightning and thunderstorms? 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Its numbers, in relative terms, are still puny. Is fair trade finished? 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z That’s because these were union men and women, self-possessed, a little rowdy and well aware that puny pleas from individual workers fall on deaf corporate ears. Is there a global future for unions? 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Bobbing atop the vast, unforgiving Atlantic in rowboats, whalers face a ghostly white cetacean that has prevailed in all of its previous encounters with puny humankind. Review: ‘Moby Dick — Rehearsed’ swims in an ocean of imagination at Theatricum 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z That figure seems puny for a city that only last year set a record for wetness. After record-setting rainfall in 2018, June has comparatively dry start 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z Back then, most suburban North Texas office buildings were on the puny side. Iconic mustangs sculpture site near Dallas to get makeover 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Horner argued that T. rex was too slow and lumbering, its arms too puny and its eyesight too poor, to prey on other creatures. The Day the Dinosaurs Died 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z They are simply too large, too looming—planetary presences that defy our puny tools of measurement. Family Medicine 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Many of us learned in school that this tiny, fingerlike projection off the colon is a useless, vestigial remnant of our evolution, much like the puny leg bones found in some snakes. Are All Our Organs Vital? 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z A sampling of chinook caught in Washington from 1970 to the present by purse seine and troll gear indicates puny average weights, ranging from around 10 to 15 pounds. HUNGER: The decline of salmon adds to the struggle of Puget Sound’s orcas 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z The fear among the Federalists in support of the Constitution was, in fact, that the legislative branch would be too powerful and that the executive would be too puny to get the job done. When every day is Presidents’ Day 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z “The story is bigger than my puny form.” 'A foot on its neck': Colorado jogger tells how he survived mountain lion attack 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z But the resulting plants are frail and produce puny tubers. This spud’s for you: A breeding revolution could unleash the potential of potato 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z However, Virginia’s “standard deduction is puny” and hasn’t been changed since the 1980s. Opinion | Lawmakers’ failure to act has put Virginia taxpayers in crisis mode 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z Purcell, who is in his sixties, with silver hair and an amused demeanor, said, “If I haven’t had hot chicken in a week, I feel a little puny.” The Family Business That Put Nashville Hot Chicken on the Map 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Trump’s overall approval rating is a puny 37 percent. Opinion | Facing Trump’s tantrum, Pelosi takes away the TV 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z His margin in the electoral college, which he tries to portray as a great landslide, was actually quite puny — smaller than either of Barack Obama’s, either of Bill Clinton’s, the late George H.W. Opinion | Who’s afraid of the MAGA mob? Only Trump. 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z Which is that New Seattle is so rich it can’t be bothered with worrying about puny soda taxes. Story of Seattle: The city’s new soda tax is usurious — and also too low 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z “It was so different looking. So boldly patterned, colored, even its head shape. It has this kind of puny little head that’s very different from other sirens.” A Salamander of Legend Emerges From Southern Swamps 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z But overall, Sanchez completed 13 of 21 passes for 100 puny yards, and he threw an interception. Perspective | December, never kind to the Redskins, may be particularly cruel this year 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Our puny possession of his favored room and view, our sweet vicarious victory, was insignificant when weighed against that gesture of his. My minor victory over George GW Bush – which he had no idea about | Ariel Dorfman 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z The young people, they thought, would possess the most robust muscles and aerobic capacities, with the lifelong exercisers being slightly weaker on both counts and the older non-exercisers punier still. Regular Exercise May Keep Your Body 30 Years ‘Younger’ 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Nearly two years on, Trump’s trade policies seem like a very big windup for a puny pitch. Opinion | Trump should find a trade victory with China at the G-20 — before it’s too late 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z By comparison, the strikingly puny “Sinking Ship Garage,” which replaced it, survives. It’s a slippery slope of activity on Seattle’s Skid Road 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z In a cycle that will see billions in campaign spending that might sound puny, but it’s designed to pack a punch. Reflections on a blue wave: How progressive activists drove a historic victory 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Such complaints are puny in comparison with the hefty ratings generated by Mr. Hannity, however. Sean Hannity Erased a Line by Taking the Stage With Trump 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z In the twentieth century, when computers were puny and data storage was expensive by today’s standards, logic was an efficient way to solve problems. Why data is the new oil: What we mean when we talk about “deep learning” 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z He doesn’t look stronger — he’s 190 pounds, puny by NBA standards. Warriors begin last season in Oakland in style - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Bolton rejected the very idea that it could inspire any good, simultaneously exaggerating the power of the I.C.C. as an ominous global colossus and belittling it as a puny contemptible farce. What Is John Bolton’s Bully-Pulpit Attack on the International Criminal Court Really About? 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Their poking over the church, with their puny interest in art, was obscene. “Cecilia Awakened” 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z There is just no way our puny little snake dance and locking arms blocks any of that. ‘The Whole World Is Watching’: The 1968 Democratic Convention, 50 Years Later 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z The puny humans scurry to avoid getting crushed underfoot as elemental forces eons old draw on the power of Mother Earth’s volcanoes, oceans, sky – and, again, there’s going to be a three-headed dragon. From Aquaman to The Walking Dead: 10 things we learned from Comic-Con 2018 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z “Our satirists would describe them as ‘pathetic puny people,’ but they are neither,” he reportedly continued. Vladimir Putin claims powerful forces seeking to undermine outcome of Trump meeting 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z But Germany’s puny spending level is owing in part to its self-conscious decision after World War II to keep its armed forces small. Trump Fans, Acknowledge His Failings 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Despite Croatia’s smallness in land and population, this is not a case of a puny soccer nation surfacing out of nowhere. As sun sets on glorious World Cup, France-Croatia final is one last chance to shine 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z The overall result, bosses grumble, is that American firms are puny in China, making 4% of their global sales there. America Inc and the rage against Beijing 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The idea of a middle ground between the puny shirt and the heavy jacket is not exactly novel. What to Wear to Work in the Heat? This ‘Shacket’ May Solve the Problem 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Those demands were deliberately calibrated to be rejected, to create a pretext for a limited war, to teach that puny nation a lesson. Opinion | The Trump administration’s demands are disturbingly reminiscent of 1914 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z It is already clear that the job numbers created by all those “beautiful” new plants Trump sees being built in America are going to be puny. Is there method to Trump’s trade madness? 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Your dad deserves better than those puny, invasive ear buds. Dad Deserves a Rest 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z But relative to their total budgets, the size of any revenue increase would be puny. U.S. states betting on sports wagering to get small revenue bump:... 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z In response to this puny gesture, Trump all but led a victory parade down Pennsylvania Avenue. America’s clown-show negotiations are not funny 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Despite humanity’s supremacy, in weight terms Homo sapiens is puny. Human race just 0.01% of all life but has destroyed over 80% of wild mammals – study 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z But India’s e-commerce market as a whole is worth a puny $15bn or so, compared with nearly $500bn in America and double that in China. Walmart takes a second shot at the Indian market 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z In those days, they were puny, geared mostly toward a recreational clientele. California's hottest surf spot is a Kelly Slater-designed artificial wave pool 100 miles inland 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, the planet's hostility extends to the poor, puny spacecraft sent by humans. ‘Marsquakes’ are a thing, and this NASA spacecraft will go look for them 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Oh, and those Smart micro cars that tuck neatly into puny parking spaces in New York and San Francisco? Private car museum in Michigan draws variety of visitors 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z The puny tax changes for the majority of people will likely not make up for price hikes at Walmart and 401K erosions. Trump Hits China With Stiff Trade Measures 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z The issues of the Security Council granting veto rights to countries like Russia and China aside, if the UN can't access a puny country like Myanmar, just disband the whole thing already. U.S. Holocaust Museum Revokes Award to Aung San Suu Kyi 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The puny pieces of legislation you and your NRA-backed cronies are considering barely even require a conversation. Florida Republicans Face Mounting Pressure to Act on Gun Control 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z With an annual budget of $300 million — by contrast, the FBI’s is $9 billion — the FTC is a relatively puny federal agency. How robocall moguls outwitted the government and completely wrecked the Do Not Call list 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Last year, the first tree selected was removed after staff decided it was too puny. Days before Christmas, Statehouse tree is drops its needles 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z The mighty multiback rushing attack of Georgia, which never finished with fewer than 185 yards in any other game, produced a puny 46 against Auburn. College football’s championship weekend will be a lesson in the art of the rematch 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Given that humans are busy warming the planet, and therefore shrinking the few, relatively puny glaciers that still exist, this question matters. Why shrinking glaciers could mean more volcanic eruptions 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Small government, I believe, has proved to be no match for its social ills, too puny to offer much resistance to rampant inequality, stubborn infant mortality or off-the-charts opioid addiction. Considering the Cost of Lower Taxes 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The famous elevations of Arthur’s Seat and Castle Rock look puny next to some of the jagged features underlying the PIG. Antarctic glacier's rough belly exposed 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z The sparsely-inhabited volcanic territory is home to a quarter as many people as Trinidad and Tobago, which previously held the record for the puniest finalist. How Iceland (population: 330,000) qualified for the World Cup 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z “But our signature lunch item is going to be a BLT - not with the puny stuff you get at some places.” Brand-new restaurant comes to Lafayette 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z “But our signature lunch item is going to be a BLT — not with the puny stuff you get at some places.” Brand-new restaurant comes to Lafayette 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z “The House wants to do some puny little thing that doesn’t make a difference in the average family’s bill,” Senate Majority Leader Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville said. Both 45th District Senate candidates want lower car-tab fees but differ on I-405 tolls 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z The fantastic defense of Michigan, with its impressively puny defensive statistics, No. 1 in total yards per game and No. 4 in yards per play, was in for some fresh wrinkles and some statistical warping. No. 2 Penn State starts fast, barely slows down in 42-13 win over No. 19 Michigan 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z Even our home, the Earth, is pretty vast compared to our puny bodies. The Zoomable Universe 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z Now, after years of making on-time payments, you’ve grown tired of your card’s puny limit and lackluster benefits — and your mailbox is overflowing with better offers. Totally over your first credit card? What to do next 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z If the growth is puny, it's unlikely to do much for jobs or wages. Analysis | Goldman Sachs predicts only minor boost from Trump’s tax cuts 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z That being said, we shouldn’t mistake the small beginnings of Google’s time as a hardware maker and its comparatively puny Pixel phone sales for a lack of influence. The Pixel's missing headphone jack proves Apple was right 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z It’s not 4K, but it’s plenty enough resolution that I don’t see individual pixels when I’m working and it’s not so hi-res that my puny laptop struggles when pushing it. Dell’s 38-inch ultrawide monitor is the display of my dreams 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z In part, because the rich are immune from a relatively puny bump in taxes. London mayor targets ‘ghost mansions’ and ‘zombie flats’ 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z The expression is playful but his scale – 65ft – dwarfs the fence, making it look puny and eminently climbable. 'Proud to be Mexican': Meet the baby whose huge image gazes over the border 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z As molecules go, beryllium hydride is puny—just two hydrogen atoms tacked onto a single beryllium atom. Quantum computer simulates largest molecule yet, sparking hope of future drug discoveries 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z He rolled up his sleeves and got stuck into fights and responded to people with puny numbers of followers. Salman Rushdie: ‘A lot of what Trump unleashed was there anyway’ 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z But the Spanish mule was kind of puny. Gaited mammoth donkeys are unique breed 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z Newspapers may control an outsized level of influence in public discourse, but their financial prowess is puny compared with Google and Facebook, which enjoy market capitalizations of $649 billion and $434 billion, respectively. Newspapers seek antitrust exemption to band together in fight against Google and Facebook 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Given the puny student activists they are up against, not to mention a general sense in Hong Kong of protest fatigue, it is hard to imagine a more unequal contest. There is a gulf between Hong Kongers and the Communist Party 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z All the noise about the heatwave in Britain is baffling to Americans, for whom a puny 31C barely registers as hot. Wonder Woman is as hard as nails – and she moved me to tears | Emma Brockes 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z The amount is US$8.2 million — a puny sum for investing in such a seismically active region. Protect funding for US earthquake early-warning system 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Instead, Charles said, the school opted to place outside the coaches’ offices what Charles called, “a puny plaque that makes me mad every time I see it.” Haunted by a Player’s Death, a Coach Walks Away From His Sport 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Residents and tourists alike have come to see the 6-foot, 7.2-inch king tide that rolls over the puny sea wall near the end of Market Street as a dramatic manifestation of sea level rise. How the Bay Area Is Restoring Nature's Delicate Balance The club appeared to be too small for him, and the acoustics seemed too puny, too. We put Ben Hogan's old clubs in modern tour pros hands. The results weren't pretty - Golf Digest 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z We pit our puny humanness at the scale of things, as if at the desperate knowledge that ultimately, we won’t mean anything. Mount Everest is collapsing under our weight. Time to dump the bucket list | Philip Hoare 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z That used to seem like a lot of money, but the Valeant debacle makes the problems with Herbalife look sort of puny. Apologies. Really. And I Will Definitely Grow Up. 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z The hydrological and hydroelectric regimes controlled by the great Hoover Dam, for example, far exceed in capacity and reliability the puny results produced by any politician who commanded rain to fall from the sky. Meteorology: Weather makers : Nature : Nature Research 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z It had lost most of its territory in France and, in comparison to bold and dynamic Spain, was decidedly puny. The absurd history of British-Spanish rivalry, from Henry VIII to Gibraltar 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z For the United States, the social-spending figure is a puny 50 cents. Opinion | A radical idea for health-care reform: Listen to the doctors 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z For the most recent 2015 filing season, only 2.8 million taxpayers used the Free File program — a puny 2 percent of those eligible. Opinion | Americans shouldn’t be responsible for filing tax returns — the government should 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z He said he was “absolutely shocked at the administration’s puny request for this worldwide effort to defeat” the Islamic State. A Shift From ‘Soft Power’ Diplomacy in Cuts to the State Dept. 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Most of these are homely, with skinny roots and spindly leaves and puny flowers. Orchid Fever 1995-01-15T05:00:00Z The lingering boll weevil problem is all the more remarkable — and, for American cotton growers, frustrating — considering the relatively puny size of the cotton industry in Tamaulipas. Boll Weevil: A Scourge That America and Mexico Fight Together 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z And the odds of us puny humans making a comeback are not very good. Actors, teachers, therapists – think your job is safe from robots? Think again 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z The sale also represents a puny part of the $58 billion in weapons the United States has sold to Saudi Arabia since Mr. Obama took office, including $20 billion in 2015 alone. The United States’ bloody alliance with Saudi Arabia 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Unpersuaded by the prospect of sunshine after two days of rain, Baffert yanked Arrogate, thus shrinking an already puny field to a wagering-unfriendly four. Midnight Storm wins the San Pascual Stakes as Arrogate is scratched 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Sent to the Safeway alone for the first time at 7 years old, she admonished the butcher to replace a puny pork chop with a bigger one. Before Capitol Hill, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton was fiery, sharp — and victorious 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z A relatively puny $240 million break clause shouldn’t be a deterrent for others to kick the tires. Samsung’s Bid for Harman Isn’t Sweet Enough 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z “He gets our puny human brain to appreciate five dimensions.” Three minutes with Hans Rosling will change your mind about the world You’ve heard the horror stories about many Americans retiring with puny nest eggs and little income to live on. The Ages When Most People Retire (Hint: Probably Too Young) 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Lucy's arms were not as strong as those of chimps, but they were substantially stronger than those of us puny modern humans. New evidence that Lucy, our most famous ancestor, had superstrong arms 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z That is a good thing in a country where only 1% of citizens pay income tax, and where government revenues amount to a puny 20% of GDP. India’s shortage of banknotes spurs protests 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The original tree, a 14-foot-tall Fraser fir donated by a tree farm, was removed after staff decided it was too puny. Gov. Raimondo sets RI statehouse Christmas tree lighting 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z The hope is that well paid office workers won’t be put off by puny salaries and will be attracted by the excitement of a fresh start. A plan to turn high-flying oldies into teachers 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z The group’s branding operation is puny, generating only 11-13% of its asset value and sales. Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z My hydrangeas, as much as I love them, are puny compared to the ones my mom grew. Our childhood gardens can influence our grown-up passion for plants 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Overall, the federal funding formula heavily favors Northeastern states; when funding is divided by a state’s population, even puny Rhode Island beats Florida by a factor of nearly 4 to 1. Florida editorial roundup 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z She’s a human being writ for a cramped and puny stage, with all the slightness that the small screen implies. ‘Christine’ biopic fails to make a larger point 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z He’s small and nimble, slick with the glove but puny with a bat in his hands. The New Breed of Do-It-All Shortstops 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Using the current methodology, America seems puny while China and Mexico seem all the more menacing. Donald Trump Is Wrong on Trade 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The cost is puny compared to diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and other obesity ills. Restricting Food Stamp Choices Could Help Fight Obesity 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The forum’s members donated more than $500,000 to state elected officials and political parties in North Carolina in the past decade, a relatively puny amount for the country’s ninth-largest state. Opioid makers’ money, lobbying NC politicians on puny side 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z But, what was the point of trading up to a humongous, wall-blanketing TV monitor if I were satisfied with viewing sports on a puny laptop or cellphone screen? Keeping in the dark about the Olympics is tougher than you might expect 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z And that’s an achievable goal in our climate, despite the puny size of my garden. Grow your own fragrant, pretty flower bouquets 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Home movies show the 7-year-old standing flat-footed in the ring, his oversized shorts making him look puny as he trades shots with an opponent. A father's tough love mixed with a son's talent puts boxer Carlos Balderas in the Olympics 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Rocky planets like Earth are relatively puny compared to their host stars, making these worlds hard to see and even harder to characterize. How to See ‘Star Trek’ Worlds in the Night Sky And the prize, Burnham said, would be to find even one of the ferocious creature’s puny, two-fingered forearms. University team hunting T. rex backed by crowdfunding 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z As scientists uncover more theropods that bore puny arms, they might be able to pinpoint minute differences in limb and hand formation that show the evolutionary pressures behind each individual case of the adaptation. T. rex wasn’t the only dinosaur to evolve pitifully puny arms 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z That's because the beast, though a fearsome hunter, possessed a pitifully puny pair of arms. Fearsome Argentine dinosaur had pitifully puny arms 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Trump scoffed at the idea that such a puny figure, a party guy, would ever try such a thing. Will Trump Swallow the G.O.P. Whole? 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z But North American returns fell a steep 73% in its second week, bringing its domestic total to a puny $37.7 million. ‘Finding Dory’ Is Weekend Hit for Pixar 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z “When I tell you he bulked up, oh my Lord, it was like seeing a puny little kid turn into the Hulk.” Troubled. Quiet. Macho. Angry. The volatile life of the Orlando shooter. 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z That makes it the third dinosaur thought to evolve puny digits, after T. rex and a creature called Carnotaurus. T. rex wasn’t the only dinosaur to evolve pitifully puny arms 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z And skeptic Robert D. Martin of the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, says he won’t be convinced that the hobbit’s puny brain isn’t pathological until a second skull emerges. Tiny jaw reveals dawn of the hobbit 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Robots are doing in one day what its takes us puny humans a month to complete. Walmart hopes to have drones flying around its warehouses within a year 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Today, the Tom is so puny a presence that last month, Donald Trump contemptuously suggested that Harriet Tubman—the future face of the twenty—be relegated to it. It's Time to Ditch the $2 Bill 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z They seemed puny compared with the watery giants sold in American supermarkets, but they tasted much better. With few ingredients to work with, Cuban cooks rely on ingenuity and luck 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Its market share was long puny compared to that of other PC makers. The Motley Fool: Useful tips on investing 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z There are systematic biases and errors our puny human brains tend to make repeatedly when we try to predict the future, some of which are evident in the biggest political and sports upsets of 2016. Donald Trump, Leicester City expose flaws in predicting the future 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z That is a puny amount compared with what it used to cost. Q&A: Bernard Munos : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z He said utilities offer only a "puny" yield compared with those of mortgage real estate investment trusts, which he recommended buying. Gundlach warns on 'safe' stocks, Trump presidency 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump flogs our southern neighbor for the puniest of political reasons, because it riles up a certain class of voter. Trump Declares War on Mexico 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z When did Americans decide that 1% or 2% economic growth is acceptable, that puny wage increases are inevitable, and that we should all merely shrug and get used to the country’s diminished expectations? Make America Grow Again 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Venture capital, the financial lifeblood of technology companies, is puny. More particle than wave 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The Vatican may be puny in size, but in soft power it is hard to match. Party and pontiff 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Take away some Southern states where Trump did particularly well and his share of the vote is even punier. The voters have spoken: Never Trump 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Such acts of endurance put my little shuffle up Emigrant Peak into puny perspective. Emigrant Peak backcountry skiing outing tests pain threshold 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z They may be small, but the puny pistachio packs a nutritional punch. 10 Surprising Facts About Pistachios 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z My geometry is not of this puny world, just as his arithmetic is not of this world. I, Cthulhu, endorse Donald Trump 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z For millions of years, they were kind of puny, never bigger than a horse. Horse-sized tyrannosaur may be long-sought missing link in T.rex evolution 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z And, yes, riding into an enemy camp atop a mammoth is a major, empowering adrenaline rush as I stomped on puny humans. Zadzooks: Far Cry Primal review - Conquer the Stone Age one cave lion at a time 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z Echo Dot’s built-in speaker is puny and akin to that of a mobile phone. Say Hello to Amazon's New, Smaller Echo 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z They were young enough to be my sons and puny under their baggy clothes. I was robbed and I didn’t call the police. Here’s why 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Again, it’s a whole new feeling of scale and immersion – you get a sense of yourself as a rather puny physical presence in the world rather than a demigod-like figure. Minecraft comes to Oculus Rift – hands-on in the virtual world 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z “The prices keep going up even as the crops get punier,” vendor Junior Edraud said as he worked a bustling corner. As drought hammers countryside, many in Haiti go hungry 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Yet if Apple were looking to hire two workers, it would not set a salary so puny that only two people applied. Optimising romance 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z These men — and initially they were almost all men — dreamed a dream of art on a monumental scale, art that would be too big to fit into the puny walls of galleries. A portrait of 1960s' 'Troublemakers' who changed the art world landscape in a big, big way 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z In the meantime, for those hoping to become thin but not puny, various apps allow you to determine the percentage of your diet that is composed of protein. A Diet and Exercise Plan to Lose Weight and Gain Muscle 1461-11-03T05:00:00Z Does he solve the mystery of quantum entanglement with Future Keanu Reeves' help before Hawking crushes his puny brain? Watch Stephen Hawking and Paul Rudd play quantum chess for Caltech 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Yet there was the National Rifle Association itself making fun of Obama’s actions for being puny. The gun lobby’s con game will come to an end 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Legal producers hold the dispensaries and other illegal distributors responsible for their puny sales. Justin Trudeau and the cannabis factory 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z What a shame their approaches are so tired and puny. The Only Person Who Can Help the Middle Class 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z After 20 or so laps, each averaging a freaking eternity, I brought the bike in, as much to end my hosts’ embarrassment as my own puny display. I Fought the Hog and the Hog Won 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Making the difference between Cheerios Protein and regular Cheerios more obvious certainly wouldn't hurt customers. It might, however, mean punier sales. This is how gullible General Mills thinks Americans are 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Successful Chilean businesses often exhibit cautious conservatism as they look beyond their puny home market of 18m people. Cautious conqueror 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z In some of these communities, homeowners pay a premium to live near a piece of shared, unspoiled nature—even though their own lots may be relatively puny. Luxury-Home Developers’ Latest Pitch: Unspoiled Nature 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The evaluation prompted a TV ad poking fun at Westerfield, who called it a “puny attempt at smearing me.” Big-spending Kentucky AG’s race goes to voters to decide 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Second, the 70 percent paid to "creators" on streaming music services almost always gets divided up between labels, publishers, and artists, which is why the final check to creators is often so puny. Ignore all the sensationalist hand-wringing about YouTube Red 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Morgan wasn’t satisfied with the puny Olympias, and had a much bigger plan in the works. Shell Game: There Is No Such Thing as California "Native" Oysters [Excerpt] 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Stanford, ranked No. 21, began the clunky Saturday by going to Northwestern and producing six points total, with seasoned quarterback Kevin Hogan mysteriously ineffective at 155 passing yards and a puny 24.8 quarterback rating. Campus Cleanup: The Pac-12 runs into a bunch of trouble, after Penn State runs into a bunch of Owls 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z The lifts are pokey, by design, and rise to summits that are relatively puny. Robert Redford: From Sundance Kid to Hollywood Legend 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Your puny thumb barely gets half way across your smartphone's giant screen. The Phone-brella is a hands-free way to keep you and your smartphone dry 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z This boom is fueled largely by auto loans, credit cards and personal loans, which appeal to borrowers straining under the limp economic recovery and puny wage gains. Meet the New King of Subprime Lending 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z Finally I reached the A-bomb Dome, a puny structure of twisted concrete and steel that resembles a parasol stripped of its cover by a gust of wind. National Geographic Archives: Up From Ground Zero 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z But the latest proposals look puny when compared with the scale of the crisis. Crisis mismanagement 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z In a recent interview, Westerfield called the Democratic attack “a farce and a really puny attempt at smearing me.” News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:58 a.m. EDT 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Moreover, if London’s puny mayoralty had the tax-raising powers of its New York equivalent, the city could channel the economic benefits of infrastructure improvements into new investment. London is working 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z That may seem big compared to our puny planet, but study author Gregg Hallinan says it's fairly tiny in the intergalactic scheme of things. Powerful aurorae observed on brown dwarf for the first time 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z It sees with dismay that the earth is now ruled by puny, quarrelsome man. Why we like to believe that dinosaurs were scaly - BBC News 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z We don’t like the half-launched lemon, the puny pear, or the bent banana. Ugly fruit and vegetables on the march 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The personal saving rate in America is a puny 5.1%, but it wasn’t always so. Will Prizes Get More Low-Income People To Save? 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z And many policy proposals in this field seem puny in comparison to the Everest of need. Lotteries, payday lending, and the swindling of America’s poor 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z This monster is about 200 times the size of our sun and burns an astonishing 100,000 times brighter, making Vega seem puny by comparison. This Week's Night Sky: Star Triangle Hides Behind July 4 Fireworks 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Verne's submarine fantasy is a classic story of puny man against a gigantic squid. Our deep need for monsters that lurk in the dark - BBC News 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Trappers are inadequately regulated, trapping cases are often dismissed and penalties for violators are often “puny,” he said. Nevada trapper fined for violations that damaged wildlife 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z "The criminal court in Lille so brutally pruned the tree of the case that the three botanists of the judicial investigation had cultivated in a greenhouse that nothing but a puny branch remained," he writes. Strauss-Kahn: Press sees 'fiasco' for justice system - BBC News 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z Every round of international fixtures is accompanied by the squeals of naysayers who insist that there are too many puny so-called nations whose existence serves only to clutter up the calendar. Euro 2016 qualifiers: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Secondly, sharks take an exploratory bite to see if we are suitable food and when they discover we are puny fare, we are spat out. How Jaws misrepresented the great white - BBC News 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Sometimes the object of interest in interplanetary space is so puny that its gravitational field is barely enough to keep a spacecraft in place. Crazy, Wonderful Spacecraft Orbits 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z “I caught a puny eighteen-inch striper and it won the tournament in the fly fishing division,” he says. Kerry Heffernan, Tom Colicchio And Other Celebrity Chefs Come Together To Save Striped Bass 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z The smuggler, a young Turkish man, didn’t want to risk arrest by embarking, so he directed one of the Syrians to navigate the raft, which was equipped with a puny motor. The Migrant Crisis on Greece’s Islands 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z The remark prompted a cartoon in The Daily News that depicted the mayor with a giant balloon for a head, floating away from a puny body. Mayor de Blasio’s Days on the Road Fuel Criticism at Home 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Holding the slick, onyx-hued wand with the smart silver hardware, I envisioned how long and curled my normally puny lashes would look upon application. I Spent $28 On Mascara So You Don't Have To 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z They are puny replacements for at least 500 grand old trees that were uprooted last month without public consultation. If a tree falls… 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z When a puny child in Appalachia complained of being hungry, her teacher told her to go home and eat. 1933: The Rise of the Common Man 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Human brains are simply too puny to build something so complicated without making mistakes. The law and unintended consequences 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Despite its 330 watts, puny compared with the city’s big stations’ 50,000 watts, Shirk quickly made “Hoosier Hot 96” into a ratings powerhouse and forced other stations into playing more progressive hip hop music. Radio pioneer Shirk signs off after 4 decades in Indy market 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z He has three possible beasts to eventually choose from and each just as deadly to puny humans. Zadzooks: Evolve review 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z While Curry grew a bit in the next few years, his wiry frame made some coaches think that he might be too puny to succeed at the top levels of college basketball. Before Curry Was An NBA Star, Here's What Coaches Saw 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z Even the puny computers in cheap consumer cameras have long been able to detect and focus on faces. Facebook will soon be able to ID you in any photo 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Further, each spot pokes fun at the same puny enemy: microbrews. Three 2015 Super Bowl Ads Were Nothing New 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z A little kick in all our puny behinds. Protesters Out to Reclaim King’s Legacy, but in Era That Defies Comparison 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z The platform measures 300 feet by 100 feet, with wings stretching the width to 170 feet - a relatively puny spaceport in the vastness of the sea. SpaceX launches for NASA, no luck with rocket landing at sea 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z The platform measures 300 feet by 100 feet, with wings stretching the width to 170 feet — a relatively puny spaceport in the vastness of the sea. SpaceX launches for NASA, no luck with rocket landing at sea 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z This trend continued in the cloud, which was until quite recently pervasive and always available but puny. What's After Mobile -- Ubiquitous Computing With Mainframe2 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Unlike oil-exporting Iran, which is heavily sanctioned by the United States, the United Nations and others, North Korea's puny $50 billion economy produces few goods other than minerals and seafood sold to China. Washington is limited in its response to North Korea over Sony hack 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, the relatively puny grants to Fluor and B&W are the federal government’s largest contribution to advanced nuclear development to date. The Young Turks Who Are Reviving Nuclear Power And while the puny human astronauts aboard the International Space Station do an amazing job capturing it themselves, there are plenty of satellites outpacing them with their automatic imaging. Satellite photos of deserts and airports make perfect phone wallpapers 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The sad thing is that these PR moves just might work, because puny human brains are easily susceptible to such disingenuous and worthless advertising. Don't Blame Baylor For Hiring A PR Firm; Blame The System That Incentivizes It 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Reading officials tried replacing the puny pine after residents complained it was ugly but ran into logistical programs and decided to keep it. City plans celebration for ‘Charlie Brown’ tree 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Next, she attempted to deter bets against the rouble by replacing the central bank’s puny and predictable sale of $350m a day in its defence with the threat of far bigger ad hoc interventions. The rouble’s rout 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z The elements whip in, across the prairie and the great lake, to put us in our puny human place. Mr. Wallenda, welcome to a city that likes stunts 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z “There's a vast number of bodies out there,” Jewitt says, “but all told, they only add up to a 10th of the mass of Earth. That's really kind of puny.” Kuiper Belt Missions Could Reveal the Solar System’s Origins 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Yet it is puny compared to the most powerful particle accelerator of them all: the universe itself. Moonbeams 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Sometimes big things need to bend a little to fit into the limited space of our puny little planet. This bent iPhone 6 poster is perfect 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Still, between the battles, a plot has to exist, and for what its worth, it involves way too much of those puny humans. Zadzooks: Transformers: Age of Extinction review (Blu-ray) 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Mars’ atmosphere is so puny, it amounts to less than one percent of Earth’s. Spacecraft Investigates What Happened to Mars’ Atmosphere 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Still, I grew tired of the small screen, eventually taking to calling it “puny.” iPhone 6 Plus: It's Not You, It's Me... Well, It's Also You 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Unlike previous Mars orbiters, landers and rovers, Maven will focus on the planet’s atmosphere, which scientists suspect was once far thicker than the puny envelope of mostly carbon dioxide gas that surrounds it today. Nasa's Maven craft prepares to enter Mars's orbit 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z The 2008 caucuses were supposed to ratify her status as the Democratic front-runner and show her challengers the futility of their puny efforts. Hillary Clinton, tell us your vision Do we really want to eliminate opera altogether or watch it with a piano accompaniment—a live player, yes, but a puny sound? Why Digital Music Looks Set to Replace Live Performances 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z You are as a Titan to these puny sand fleas. Going with the grains: Reflections on an Outer Banks vacation Britain’s productivity rate is puny; firms and factories badly need such skilled employees. And don’t come back 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z These are relatively puny numbers relative to Apple, a less capital intensive property. Jitterbugging With Amazon, Google, Facebook, Apple And Microsoft 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z For eons, their puny arms have baffled scientists. In the World of Big Lizards, Peter Larson is a Big Name The day after he told reporters he opposed the impeachment of President Obama, he announced plans to go ahead with an unprecedented lawsuit, on grounds so puny as to be laughable. Coward of the House: John Boehner’s pathetic lawsuit reveals his weakness 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Both the puny executive action and the criticism from erstwhile allies on Monday showed why the Obama presidency these days is falling a good bit short of imperial on the Alexander the Great scale. Obama’s ‘imperial presidency’ doesn’t rule much of anything My two campaign stripes look puny compared with the long rows on the sleeves of these incredibly competent and experienced soldiers. U.S. soldiers watch as Iraqi comrades struggle against ISIS The movie lionized Beane for building a winning baseball team on a puny payroll. 'Moneyball' Spurs Venture Crew To Pick Startups By The Numbers 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z While Miranda acknowledges there would be significant costs associated with installing an extensive netting system at big league parks, it would surely be a puny percentage of the billions that baseball rakes in. Column: Baseball needs to do more to protect fans 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Does anyone think the NSA will not be able to learn about some puny article? The Right to Be Forgotten? Europe's Orwellian Internet Time Warp 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is looking a little puny lately. Jupiter's Great Red Spot Now Just Pretty Good 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Based on arrests, he said, some thieves are attracted by even relatively puny hauls to tide them over, so he urged residents to “please remove your change as well.” D.C. police face uphill battle to stop thefts from autos It represents a doubling of Chitika’s previous number, but it’s still so puny that you might as well round it down to zero. Depending on Who’s Counting, Chromebooks Are Either an Enormous Hit or Totally Irrelevant 2014-05-07T00:20:43Z By almost any standard, that is the puniest of the muscle man’s career, dating back to the original Conan the Barbarian in 1982. Audiences Say Yes to Noah, ‘Hasta la Vista, Baby’ to Arnold 2014-03-30T18:50:39Z Global oil prices surged at the mere threat of a U.S. strike on Syria last summer, even though Syria’s oil exports are relatively puny. Middle East Matters Most to Obama–Not Putin 2014-03-28T20:45:40Z So why was there such a puny settlement, you may ask? Deal Professor: Ruling Highlights Unequal Treatment in Penalizing Corporate Wrongdoers 2014-03-19T00:23:14Z China’s bulkier servicemen will need roomier equipment and particularly bigger tanks; those now in use were designed to suit the punier soldiers of three decades ago. China's Chubbier Soldiers Need Bigger Tanks 2014-02-19T17:59:12Z But that is still puny compared with Amazon’s $75 billion or so. Walmart: Less amazing than Amazon 2014-01-30T16:01:44Z Budgets were so puny that Sherwood Forest was played by just two trees, filmed from many different angles. Lexington: The Robin Hood trap 2014-01-09T16:00:03Z Yet even as national resolution funds build up over the coming decade and gradually merge into a single pot of money, their overall capacity will remain puny next to Europe's gigantic banking sector. Holes Are Seen in Europe Rescue Net 2013-12-20T14:25:42Z |
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