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USC opened the game one for seven from the field, with its offense looking out of sorts, and scored a meager 10 points in the first 10 minutes.

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“Selfish. Standing by and focusing on their meager little lives while my mother’s livelihood was destroyed.”

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Penelope was sorry about it, but only because it meant her own meager salary nearly always went unpaid.

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"Bread is very expensive, sugar is expensive, tea is expensive, fruit is expensive. So we have to vote for her!" said 76-year-old Mireya Ortiz, who cleans offices to supplement her meager pension.

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Martin, a complete amateur who got her start collecting meager prizes in local Toughwoman contests, swung through gender barriers and crowds of deniers to prove her worth as a boxer.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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