He notes that the historical return got a large boost from dividends, and that dividends are meager today.
Particularly since Christie's father made his meager living beating out the mattresses of the rich.
Consumer confidence is down, though spending is surprisingly better than expected (dipping into meager savings?).
But the vast increase in spending on national security had produced surprisingly meager results.
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After the funeral expenses, her mother had to raise two kids on a meager salary.
And yet we have left meager footprints on these fronts in Afghanistan or Iraq.
Gartner says worldwide PC unit growth in the third quarter was a meager 3.2%.
They may have meager titles, but a meddler by any other name stalls the same.
Venture funds, particularly those backing independent nonstudio films, often have usurious fees and meager returns.
And bear in mind this is after a huge spending boom coupled with meager tax revenues.
At this juncture, the comparatively meager sacrifices that have been offered underscore a monumentally flawed strategy.
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The slow growth and meager returns have little to do with inherent maturity of the sector.
Louis Cardinals, the Milwaukee Brewers have become synonymous with futility and meager financial means.
The working poor pay the full 6.2% on every cent of their meager wages.
Though Icahn is so tough he eats nails for breakfast, I offer my meager input nonetheless.
Conway spent his meager marketing budget on ads in publications like Wheels and Spokes, for wheelchair-bound people.
Spending is projected to be cut by a meager 1%, so the economic impact should be minimal.
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An old woman asks that he share his meager meal, or a beggar pleads for a coin.
For more meager budgets, Derby Experience offers several less expensive outlying chain hotels beyond the city center.
Furthermore, improvements, while meager, continue to be made on the private sector job creations and national unemployment fronts.
It began with small, maverick family-owned mom-and-pop shops that overcame struggles to raise meager amounts of private capital.
Finally, they have most of their meager assets in cash: paychecks, tips, checking accounts and small savings accounts.
Alternative employment was offered, but it was so meager that there was an uncomfortable impasse for some time.
Stack that up against the meager payoff from clipping coupons or cutting your electric bill by unplugging appliances.
While the gains in retail sales were meager, given the higher payroll taxes, it could have been worse.
For the whole year, economic activity expanded 2.2%, a fairly meager pace that may be repeated in 2013.
However, basketball seems to have little difficulty attract African-American players of meager backgrounds.
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Anthony's soup kitchen, or tearfully spending their meager savings on plane flights home.
However, even these meager data suggest that these fish show increased allergic potential.
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