Word: poor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...poor little fellow on probation came in the other day and told us a pathetic tale of woe. He suggested that we write an editorial about it. Therefore we air his griefs on the editorial page...
...general reconditioning program has been necessary because of the poor conditions of the building. Lighting, heating, painting, and roof repairing have all been taken care of by the Club...
...often introduced in Britain's House of Commons, has been urged by such humane M.P.'s as the new Governor General of Canada, John Buchan, ist Baron Tweedsmuir, but has never been passed by His Majesty's Government. Against such a bill the argument runs that "poor man's meat" is essential to human life in the slums of impoverished Europe and that if horsemeat is made more expensive by humanity to horses, the humanity to half-starved humans will be less...
...slight toughness of horsemeat, which is not so tough as venison, would be readily overcome. While not admitting ever to have cooked horsemeat, Brooklyn's Pratt Institute declared last week that the tender cuts should be broiled like beef. Less tender cuts, meat for the poorest of the poor, should be scored, pounded and marinated in oil & vinegar, pot-roasted or as a last resort hamburged...
...What justified Jumbo's extravagant ballyhoo was the fact that Mr. Rose has added all the mechanical and artistic improvements which the U. S. Theatre has evolved in the 15 years since the old Hippodrome ceased to function. Where the old Hippodrome shows provided such mellow music as Poor Butterfly, Mr. Rose's Jumbo was packed with more sophisticated tunes by Rodgers & Hart. Where the old Hippodrome shows raised spectators' hair with a troupe of girls who descended into a pool never to come up again, Mr. Rose exhibited his silvered and spangled idea of what...