Word: poore
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...phrase ought to be "buy essentials." Make business for the non-essential producer so poor that he will turn his supplies over to the Government and his men to the ship-yards. It means in many cases painful business readjustments, and it will not take place in a day, but the interests of the whole are certainly above those of the few. Leave your savings in the bank, where they will find investment, or buy Liberty Bonds. Pity the well-meaning though selfish business man, who shouts from the housetops "business as usual," but learn that wars are won through...
...Freshmen have been handicapped so far this year by a small number of candidates for the team, and by poor facilities for training. Until last Monday, practice was held in the tank of the Cambridge Y. M. C. A., where the water is too cold for effective practice. Until Monday there was no coach and no instruction. Now the team has access to the regulation-sized tank of the Boston Y. M. C. A., and an experienced coach has taken charge of the training...
...offensive which is bound to come this spring,--it means that the German pressure on all fronts will be greater than it has been since 1914. Our answer must be immediate; we must do more than balance the Kaiser's hordes. The less we think and sigh about poor Russia, the sooner will be brought about the quick action so essential to Allied victory...
...Each of the goals was made near the middle of the first half, and from that time on the play was nip and tuck, with neither side out-balancing the other and with comparatively few chances for either seven to increase its score. Both teams showed poor team-work...
...University informal hockey team defeated Brookline High School by a score of 1 to 0 in a close game played on the Charlesbank rink yesterday afternoon. The engagement was played on poor ice covered with a thin coat of snow, which made accurate passing and shooting difficult. Fast work, however, was shown both by the informals and by the Brookline team, and in several instances brilliant hockey was displayed. The school team had a strong defence and offence, but used little team-play. The individual men were expert players, but their attack was broken up in most cases...