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Unions were our last wall of defense in negotioting a decent wage and starting with Ronald Reagan they are not a pitance of what they used to be.

Presidential hopefuls eye the economy 2008

He would like to get the woman a sewing machine and a supply of cloth and thread, etc. so she can earn a pitance of a living for her and the little girl from her home.

Afghan Connections published by Friends of Afghanistan 2008

I once had a conversation with someone who got 6 months for ABH/Assault Police and he had the audacity to say that prisoners were exploited by having to work for a pitance in jail and that the food was crap and how would i feel if i had to take a cr*p in front of someone else.

An Idiots Guide To Dreaming « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2006

I responded by pointing out that I would be pissed off if I had worked all my life to earn a good pension, and then found that it was a pitance because my pension company had invested it in a company that cared about the environment rather than the bottom line.

Let Friedman Ring 2006

He would like to get the woman a sewing machine and a supply of cloth and thread, etc. so she can earn a pitance of a living for her and the little girl from her home.

Archive 2008-07-01 2008

There was a pitance of money involved - but there is money involved!

The Writing Announcement reudaly 2005

That probably has to do with the fact that my taxes are pretty simple (single, no kids, no mortgage, one job, a pitance of interest earned) and it's been about twenty years since I've had to pay addtional taxes.

January 2004 2004

Obviously, local goivernments cannot live beyond their means no more so than those working folks or those of us on the pitance Social Security sends us each month.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

These labels need to sell records to survive, and unfortunately Spotify only pays a pitance per stream.

Gizmodo Mario Aguilar 2011

Very well, then, this provost was named Picot or Picault, of which some made picotin, picoter, and picoree; by some Pitot or Pitaut, from which comes _pitance_; by others in Languedoc, Pichot from which comes nothing comes worth knowing; by these Petiot or Petiet; by those Petitot and Petinault, or

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