Word: poor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...other unsatisfactory points of the new system is that the mayor and governor will find it almost impossible to remove a poor police chief from office. Since a single executive has not been given power to control the police force, the mayor and governor should at least be able to remove a man from office who is burdening the efficiency of the organization...
...clock on the question, Resolved: that undergraduate political activity is a waste of time. The debate, which is to be in the form of a parliamentary discussion, will be led by Joshua B. Cahn '35 and William C. Loring '35 for the affirmative, and by Henry V. Poor '36 and Raymond Dennett '36 for the negative. Following the speeches of these men, the floor will be thrown open for discussion...
...reported completely blind, his right one nearly so. In their health, Joseph Pulitzer's sons resemble their father. Anemic Ralph resigned from the World in 1930, a year before it was sold; he wears thick glasses. Herbert, youngest son, wore glasses at 19. Joseph Jr. has had poor eyesight for years. Like his father, he has a staff of secretaries to read his paper aloud to him, keep him informed...
...baseball team defeated the Seconds 9-0 in the Briggs Cage on Saturday afternoon. The Freshman number one infield was in fairly good shape, and outfielded and outhit the Seconds, though both outfits lacked the smoothness which a couple of weeks of outdoor practice should give them. Pitching was poor for both teams...
...story has been yanked directly from the comic sheets and shows it; not only that, but it has also been diluted with Hollywood sentimentality. A poor farm boy goes to the big city, and becomes famous as a prize fighter. Whereupon he immediately starts to sow a large crop of wild oats with the expert help of Lupe Velez. But his old mother back on the farm hears about it, and, being well aware of the traps that these fast city girls may set for her boy, comes posthaste to save him from this awful fate. Yanked rather precipitately from...