In an accompanying editorial, Dr. Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, and Dr. Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said the epidemic has helped to degrade an already meager system of healthcare. .
Incidentally, tangled with one of those phone cords was the power cord to the station's meager security system, a screwy detail that would later endanger Sara's chances for justice.
Now, with retired coal miners in danger of losing meager pensions, the political system seems unwilling to even consider a taxpayer-supported solution.
In the ruling, Judge A. Wallace Tashima said the system offered "meager procedural protections" and should not block foreigners from seeking judicial review of their cases.
In an area of such sprawl, its 73.1-mile route system seems meager -- you can forget Venice Beach or the Santa Monica Pier -- and regular commuters complain of faraway stations with inconvenient bus connections, not to mention frequent slowdowns.
Showtime's success is all the more remarkable given its meager leverage with cable system operators.
They are expected to show that the current contribution levels to the state pension system are too meager.
Inmates, disproportionately represented by blacks, work for meager sums, and the prison system is set up to capitalize on their presence and labor as an investment.
Inmates, disproportionately represented by blacks, work for meager sums, and the prison system is setup to capitalize on their presence and labour as an investment.
But the meager five watts that most such systems provide is only enough to power a couple of LED lamps each evening and a mobile phone charging point, and the batteries constantly need replacing.
Over the long haul, the returns on this invested income would far outpace the meager returns available from the current system.
