Word: poore
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...girl that everyone should adore. I can just see Vivian going barefoot, because the darling bossy cows, with the tender eyes, should not be sacrificed for human comforts. I am sure that she does not enjoy the comforts of this Modern Age of Steel (think of all the poor mules that have been sacrificed in the mines). I know that Vivian does not wear silk because men rob the poor defenseless silkworms to secure this silk. I honestly believe that Vivian lives in a tent. The trees should be left for the birds to rest and nest in. I know...
...owns today about 600 merchant vessels, 250 in active service. Its operating deficit last fiscal year was $16,279,369. For five years President Coolidge has been urging the sale of the Government's ships and retirement from such a poor business...
...Smoot's summary conversion showed plainly that Mr. Hoover had made up his mind about what he wants done to the tariff. He wants a higher tariff for agriculture and for a few specific indus tries (not named) which are now in poor condition...
...pneumonia and complications; in Manhattan. The Mills millions were founded by Darius Ogden Mills, "Forty-Niner" and California banker. His son, Ogden Mills, was born in Sacramento, often revisited California. After being graduated from Harvard (1878) he spurred his father's enterprises, added to them (Mills hotels for poor workingmen; mines, real estate, banks, railroads, steamships, public utilities). He was a famed host, racing stableman, patron of the American Museum of Natural History. His sister is Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, relict of the late Ambassador to Great Britain...
...Crimson five was outclassed from the start, scoring only four goals from the floor during the entire game. The poor passing and shooting of the Harvard players, together with their inability to cope with the speed and accuracy of the Dartmouth quintet made the contest extremely uninteresting for the spectators...