Word: poor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rich!" As the other winners could have warned him. he was immediately surrounded by friends and neighbors, was buying round after round of drinks. Hours later he remembered he had not paid for the cup of coffee he was reaching for when he was still a poor coal man. He led a procession back to the bistro, paid for coffee and another round of drinks. Exulted he: "We shall sell the coal business. I never liked it anyway. My wife and I will make a trip, and when we come back I expect to start a new business that...
National Distillers, The Whiskey Trust of pre-War days was a pretty poor apology for the ogre it was damned for. Most of the business was in the hands of local distillers and nine-tenths of the saloons were controlled by the brewers. The old Distilling Co. slipped steadily until the War. It made $10,000,000 in a final spasm in 1918, changed its name to U. S. Food Products Corp. after Prohibition, finally collapsed...
...Take A Chance" Paramount and Fenway. A very poor reproduction of a good musical comedy. Also "The Mad Game" with Spencer Tracy...
...there are now on hand 15,000 rounds of ammunition which will be dispersed to members of the club free of charge. The present executive committee consists of: Edwin D. Boeder '34, Eugene Du Rois '34, Fisher New '36, John G. Hurd '34, Asa E. Phillips '34, Frederick H. Poor '34, and Darrell Weld...
Several insurance companies are refusing to grant compulsory auto liability policies to Harvard students, because, owing to numerous accidents, they are poor risks. State Insurance Commissioner Merton L. Brown, however, when he heard of this situation, made it known that any student so rejected can appeal to a special board created for the purpose. If the board finds that he is acceptable, some company will be forced to grant him a policy...