Word: poor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wages are too low to keep body & soul together, that they would leave Relief like a shot if they could get private jobs. They also attested that whether or not Reliefers are becoming a permanent class in the U. S., they are certainly becoming a caste apart-shunned as poor credit risks by insurance companies, doctors, landlords...
Chief obstacle to the well-being of these seven counties, as of the rural U. S. generally, was poor schools-dark, dirty, manned by ill-prepared teachers whose time was spread over so many classes that some pupils had only two weeks of actual instruction in a year...
Baker made arrangements with the Theatre Guild and Alfred Lunt, chucked his lucrative radio work, took Idiot's Delight on tour. Hailed as a natural for the hoofer role, he got rave notices. But the show did poor business, wound up its brief tour last week $10,000 in the red.* "Ten thousand dollars." said Baker, who is returning to radio to recoup before taking another crack at the stage, "is more than it was worth...
...poor runway, David Ives '41 won the broad jump with a leap of 10 feet 6 and three-quarter inches. Wiren of Northeastern was a close second at 19 feet, 5 inches. Steven Madey '40 cleared 12 feet to lead in the polevault. Andrew Rosenberger '41 and Otis Minot ocC, followed with 11 feet 6 inch soars...
...Brother Rat" and "Ferdinand the Bull" are currently fighting for honors at the University, with "Torchy Gets Her Man" a poor third. For those who have not seen "Brother Rat" on the stage, the screen version is top notch entertainment; for those who have, the movie is merely amusing. The lines are good, the plot, based on the complexities of life at the Virginia Military Institute is excellent, and Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane get into trouble convincingly. And there are plenty of troubles. There is a wife to be concealed, scholastic difficulties to be overcome, and after hours escapades...