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Word: poore (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...TIME, Jan. 10, you. . . slur at old Joe Ransdell's whiskers. And why pick on poor little old Toombs County, Ga., when you have the whole state of Illinois right next door. Clean up your own front yard before digging in the ash can in our back yard. Get the beam out of your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 31, 1927 | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

...wrists protruded from his sleeves bonily. His trousers stopped dejectedly far short of his shoes. Over his spectacles fell a strand of straw-colored hair. His Adam's apple gulped ominously within his amp'e collar. He was a grind, a poor boy, a social catastrophe? but he left his books and store-counter to win the big relay race for Ohio State University. Pennants waved; men cheered; girls screamed. A hero emerged from a "poor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finis | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

...make it all come true, to show how much they appreciated good drama, acting and advertising, the undergraduates of Ohio State University last week presented Alumnus-Author-Actor Elliott Nugent with the full insignia of an Ohio State 'varsity athlete when he visited his old college town with The Poor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finis | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

Detroiters visited the Hanna-Thomson galleries last week for a first view of something they had been hearing about from other cities: the Glorification of the U. S. Workingman by Max Kalish, sculptor. Rich men and poor men went, for a Detroit art critic told them: "He deals. . . in the human symbols for certain sterling human qualities-strength, vigor, integrity, the beauty of a well-knit body and the fundamental character essential to a good craftsman. . . . His bronzes . . . should appeal to a large audience in Detroit, a city where men of millions know the feel of an engine throttle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: In Detroit | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

There are 30 men in the class of 1930 who have had their adenoids partially removed. Eleven men have poor teeth, and 46 men have albuminura...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PHYSICAL EXAMINATION RESULTS ARE RELEASED | 1/29/1927 | See Source »

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