Mr. Wachtel had been in a short film -- based in part on his own experiences -- about New York teenagers living in a world of meager opportunities and absent parents.
Mr. Szot certainly has Kovalyov down, in all his would-be grandeur and befuddlement, though, almost by definition, the role is somewhat thankless, with a lot of bluster left to compete with an orchestral clamor, and meager opportunities for glorious vocal display.
As was true for most girls in 1832, the slums offered meager opportunities for work and little hope of survival other than by prostitution or petty theft.
Indeed, some fans have said they would continue to drive, despite the prospect of congestion and meager parking opportunities.
And having seen "Our Time," it is impossible, for now, to view Mr. Wachtel's tragedy apart from the life that film suggests — one in which parents are absent, opportunities seem meager and the resulting freedoms feel joyless in the wake of so much anxiety about a precarious future.
What happens when job opportunities are meager, for the people who theoretically comprise the future of the industry?
Policymakers confirmed that post-graduate programs are important to professional development for nurses and doctors, yet such opportunities are meager at the district and upazila level.
Senator Tim Hutchinson, a Southern Baptist minister turned politician who is embroiled in one of the year's closest election races, never misses an opportunity to lament the meager role that Arkansas Republicans have in the Senate.
Employment opportunities in Africa are meager and rarely involve wealth creation.
Though Paulsen contemplated moving to Tijuana, he said employment opportunities in Mexico were meager, and crossing the border every day for work would have been too difficult.
