(Definition of the syndrome: pitching in the face of meager support from one's hitters.)

The secular coalition led by Ayad Allawi, the former prime minister, had won only meager support in provinces where it had expected to do well, including Baghdad.

The financial irregularities and meager support for scholarships outraged many people in the food world and led several prominent members of the restaurant awards committee to resign.

The exasperation only began with Glavine's meager support.

It was the second straight game in which the Yankees scored at least five runs for Perez during a season of meager support.

Jaminaw stood meekly behind Glin, providing meager support whenever he could muster the courage to speak up.

A 1994 survey by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, an international association of market economies, found "remarkably meager support for the hypothesis that such programs are effective."

But Mr. Souter's judicial track record provides meager support for any firm predictions as to how he might decide such questions.

Between 1985 and 1998 only 54 randomized controlled trials related to emergency medical services were published, implying that much of the current standard of care rests upon meager support.

But just when the Mets reached the brink of first place, they began to tantalize him with meager support.