Brought back from a meager 5,000 in the 50's, the flamingo population there has grown to more than 30,000.
The Islanders, who had lost 9 of 11, had sunk to extracting meager positives from defeat: coming back from a deficit, holding a team scorless for a period or simply skating hard.
"Million Dollar Baby," the 2005 winner, fought back from a meager $8.5 million take before its nominations and four victories to $100.5 million, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Most recently to keep people and the economy miserable, they filibustered long-term unemployment assistance, and are working to cut back from the meager 26 weeks of assistance the states offer.
A second significant headwind is the meager snap-back in bank lending.
"Most of my classmates sent part of their meager wages back home to support their little brothers' and sisters' education.
It is a high box of red brick, decorated with a meager bit of trim, set as far back from the Rudolph building as possible, with a harsh and dreary concrete plaza in between.
Though his financial backing is limited to meager donations from a mayor in the north, Mr. Garmendia said he would hunker down until support grew, arguing that "only a rebellion can save us from the abuses of Daniel Ortega".
As we walked back from the street, however, farther and farther back, I saw the store (which seemed more like a caravan stop) was hardly meager.
Most of what I know about him comes from the meager information gleaned from his service record.
He bought oysters from Florida and Texas to supplement the meager harvest from Louisiana.
