11.   The hair clogged the makeshift pump and spoiled the meager rations.

12.   The prisoners had meager rations.

13.   They fled the rubble of Kosovo, eluding Yugoslav soldiers for months before crowding into camps in Macedonia with leaky tents and meager rations.

14.   He retreated to the car and consumed his meager rations, remaining there until he was discovered.

15.   Rural residents talked of collecting wild grasses and roots to eat, he said, while urban residents seemed to have the fewest options for supplementing meager official rations.

16.   Severe food shortages have been stunting the growth of malnourished children and forcing people to eat grass and tree bark to supplement their meager rations.

17.   The new refugees live in the chaos of tiny mud and stick huts and complain about their meager rations.

18.   The soldiers shared their meager rations with the zookeeper.

19.   They told me anti-Castro jokes and showed me the meager rations they receive and the government-issue ration book.

20.   Warehouses are empty, and the government has stopped distributing even the meager emergency rations it was giving out, Gronning said.