Word: poore
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Money. . . . They cannot pay for everything themselves because they are not all little rich girls, and it would not be right in this democracy for the rich to pay for the poor ones, so the dues must be the same for all, and that does not bring in enough money...
Tokyo realized, but not the rest of Japan. A poor telephone connection, the noise of the storm, caused radio broadcasters to believe that the child was a son. Gaily they announced the fact. In distant Japanese villages bonfires were set alight, barelegged, short-jacketed watchmen ran through the streets beating gongs. It was hours before the true facts were learned. Aghast at the error all the officers of Tokyo's central broadcasting station resigned, grimly realized that it was their traditional duty to commit harikari...
...ravening creditors. But under the capable handling of a cast headed by Janet Beecher it takes on a plausibility and conviction that makes the final impression eminently satisfactory. Miss Beecher has the inherently unsympathetic role of a widowed mother who has squandered her childrens' patrimony through a combination of poor business judgement and extravagance and whose compensating virtues are limited to a determination to keep them-with her and a touching habit of buying roses when the source of the next meal is in doubt. In spite of the difficulties of the part it does not take her long...
...rate per thousand is in England & Wales 3.8; Scotland 5.8; Germany 5.3; Italy 2.7; Scandinavian countries 2.6; Holland 2.3 (the lowest). Of U. S. maternal deaths, 65% are due to blood-poisoning contracted at the time of delivery or immediately after. Other mortal causes include lack of prenatal care. poor home conditions, general ill-health. Dr. Edward Joseph Hill of Newark, N. J.. tried to introduce the claim of Dean Henry Hurd Rusby of Columbia's Department of Pharmacy that rotten ergot causes many of these deaths (TIME, July 22). The American Association of Obstetricians, Gynecologists & Abdominal Surgeons...
...Keila's second season upon the stage. When asked if she had inherited any of her father's talent for sculpture, she replied that her only art lay in moving her legs; but that she liked dancing so well that she intended to make it her life work. "My poor, dear teacher," she said, with little trace of either pity or affection, "was Turassof. Of course eventually I intend to do concert work. For the present, however I shall continue in musical comedy with my partner Mlle. Lezandre, who also dances in this show. Although Mlle. Lezandre and I have...