Word: poor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...chairman; Robert Amory, Jr. '36; William L. Clark '36; and Judson Bemis '36. As representatives in the various Houses they have appointed: Derie Nusbaum '36, Winthrop; Raymond S. Clark '36. Kirkland: George S. Franklin Jr. '36, Eliot; Rodman W. Paul '36, Dunster; Robert Grinnell '36, Lowell: Henry V. Poor '36, Adams; and Arthur M. Sherwood '36, Leverett...
...animal usually shows its lack of proper nourishment, being pot-bellied with a dull lustreless coat and a general appearance of undernourishment. The word is also used as an adjective, the term "dogied'' meaning having lost its mother and showing the effect in lack of growth and poor proportions. Cowboys when driving a herd find the small weak animals in the rear of the herd as they weaken and drop back so that in their songs in speaking of "roll along or git along, little dogies" they refer to the last of the herd commonly called the "drags...
...Jerusalem where two Arabs were killed, 60 wounded as British police battled to keep them out of Jerusalem's ghetto. From Egypt two thundering squadrons of British planes took off to cow Jerusalem. There Arabs plaintively restated their eternal grievance: "Jewish immigrants have so much money that poor Arab farmers are tempted and sell out to them. Unless something is done the Jews will slowly buy up all of Palestine...
Notably, the blocking was very weak. Harvard gave its carriers extraordinarily poor support. Again and again fast men like Allie Sherman, Pesky, and Adzigian were expected to do all the work in making first downs. With Lehigh playing a ragged, open style the "speed merchants" were able to reel off sizeable gains, but against a team like West Point these unassisted sprints will not stand a chance. Furthermore, Eddie Casey seems willing to let his quarterbacks continue the policy of running one man in play after play until sheer weariness forces his retirement. For the better part of one period...
...B.A.A. to emphasize the importance of football because it furnishes the money for almost the entire athletic program. And it cannot be denied that winning teams make money. However little this policy may be reconciled with Mr. Bingham's assertion that coaches are not dismissed for a poor season, the fact remains that the coach's future depends on the team, and that the team is not helped by allusions to a general dissatisfaction...