Word: fairly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...nothing is Vassily "excellent" or "very good." He barely skinned through his oral arithmetic, written arithmetic, oral Russian, written Russian, history, biology and German. In these he was "fair." the lowest Bolshevik mark short of just passing. But Vassily is "good" at Russian literature, geography, physics, geometry and manual training. As a sop to Bolshevik censorship Correspondent Barnes stoutly declared Vassily is "one of those all-around boys who are interested in many things besides school work...
...ordinary university proctor walked into some University of Chicago examination rooms one day last week his first impulse would have been to cry "Un-fair!", to throw every student out for flagrant cheating. Row on row sat students with question sheets before them. But instead of scratching their heads and staring desperately out windows nearly every one was busily thumbing through textbooks and lecture notes...
Died. Maggie Cline (Mrs. John F. Ryan), 77, famed vaudeville singer during the go's; of apoplexy; in Fair Haven, N. J. Her most popular song, which she sang 6.000 times, was "Throw Him Down, McCloskey...
Died. Frederick Delius, 71, blind English composer (Appalachia, A Mass of Life, Sea-Drift, Brigg Fair) ; in Grez-sur Loing. France. In 1897 a member of an audience shot at him for his satirical use of the Norwegian national anthem in the incidental music to Gunnar Heiberg's Folkaraadet. In 1929 Sir Thomas Beecham gave him England's long delayed recognition with a six-day Delius festival...
...Dionne quintuplets are not going to the Century of Progress Exposition. But last week Fair visitors in Chicago were able to gaze upon "the largest Italian family in the whole U. S."-21 strong. There was Mike Latorra, 49, Chicago truck gardener, and his wife Rosa. 44, and their children: 1) Mrs. Lawrence Damore, 26, mother of five; 2) Mrs. Lucille Quarante, 25, mother of three; 3) Mrs. Margaret Palella, 24, mother of three; 4) Mrs. Angeline Dell, 22; 5) Mrs. Dominic Damore, 21; 6) Sarah, 21, twin of No. 5; 7) Isabel, 19; 8) Vito, 17; 9) Michael...