Hundreds of acres of wetlands have been restored through these means -- which are really no more than meager imitations of nature's inclinations.
Based on current numbers acquired from Nielsen BookScan, the publishing industry's not-quite-reliable point-of-sale database, sales for "The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair" in the U.S. (not including e-books) look to be around thirteen thousand — by no means meager, but also not mind-blowing, especially considering the enormous run.
Yet this doesn't do justice to companies that generate healthy cash from their businesses but choose to pay no or meager dividends.
As with Yonan's previous cookbook, "Serve Yourself" and his "Cooking for One" column, most "Eat Your Vegetables" recipes are scaled down, serving enough for you and maybe a few select friends, but they're in no ways meager.
But then I consider the way some of the women responded to me (curt "no-thank yous," meager tips, lack of acknowledgement altogether) and I'm left wondering why there was such a discrepancy in "friendliness".
But then I consider the way some of the women responded to me (curt "no-thank-yous," meager tips, and lack of acknowledgment altogether), and I'm left wondering why there was such a discrepancy in "friendliness".
With his meager contributions no longer even remotely related to the mammoth amount of coverage he receives, NFL players have voted him the most overrated player in the league, according to a Sports Illustrated poll that included 180 players.
No matter how meager their physical possessions, they carry beliefs, traditions, sensibilities, ways of talking, thinking, seeing and doing, all in their heads.
Takeshi Tanigawa, a professor in public health at Ehime University who advises Tokyo Electric, recently described harsh conditions for company employees at the plant in the accident's early days: 500 people sleeping side by side on tatami mats at a nearby gymnasium, with no showers and meager rations.
