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He also hurried to put as much distance as possible between himself and America's initial measly aid offer of $15 million, and he took issue with an earlier statement by the United Nations' emergency relief coordinator, Jan Egeland, who had called the overall aid efforts by rich Western nations "stingy."

"The cupola of the 18th-century Santa Maria del Sofraggio church was broken in half like an eggshell, revealing the stucco patterns inside the dome." Ann Althouse 2009

Responding to this: "Reader J. Hahn says," I am particularly impressed with Amazon. com's Red Cross donation counter that proves Americans are not 'stingy.'

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He also hurried to put as much distance as possible between himself and America's initial measly aid offer of $15 million, and he took issue with an earlier statement by the United Nations 'emergency relief coordinator, Jan Egeland, who had called the overall aid efforts by rich Western nations "stingy."

December 2004 2004

Reader J. Hahn says, I am particularly impressed with Amazon. com's Red Cross donation counter that proves Americans are not 'stingy.'

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The head of the United Nations relief efforts once called foreign aid "stingy."

CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2005 2005

Now, despite that effort, there was sine sharp criticism from the United Nations that rich countries are being "stingy."

CNN Transcript Dec 28, 2004 2004

Agency for International Development prepared Tuesday to add $20 million to an initial $15 million contribution for Asian earthquake relief as Secretary of State Colin Powell bristled at a United Nations official's suggestion that the United States has been "stingy."

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Agency for International Development prepared Tuesday to add $20 million to an initial $15 million contribution for Asian earthquake relief as Secretary of State Colin Powell bristled at a United Nations official's suggestion that the United States has been "stingy."

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Missy didn't much care for him as it is not possible to admire a man who looks as if he ought to run up a tree and chatter and swing from a limb by a tail; besides he was well known to be "stingy."

Missy Dana Gatlin

Miss Moynihan; the Jewish stenographer with the laughing lips and hot eyes; the four superior older girls in a corner, the still more superior girl lieutenant, and the office-manager, who was the least superior of all; the telephone-girl; the office-boys; Mr.S. Herbert Ross and his assistant; the managing editor; a motor magnate whose connection was mysterious; the owner, a courteous, silent, glancing man who was reported to be hard and "stingy."

The Job An American Novel Sinclair Lewis 1918