Word: poore
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Caughnawaga Indian Reservation, across the St. Lawrence River from Montreal, Chief American Horse and Chief Two Axe last week stood before Indians of the Six Nations† and argued for the abandonment of Christianity. The Six Nations are a remnant, they are poor and they are despised by the whites, complained the leaders. Their present status, they said, began when the French Jesuits brought them Christianity. Of course the Indians, with little written knowledge of Canadian history, did not know that their subjection began, not with the coming of white priests, but with the appearance of white trappers, traders, merchants...
...Lloyd George's Liberals; became First Commissioner of Works, then Minister of Health in Lloyd George's War cabinet. Later he was to bolt the Liberal Party, declare himself a Conservative and fret Lloyd George into sneering that he had abandoned the Liberals because "he saw poor prospects for an ambitious man" in sticking to them (TIME...
...frequent cases when Burn's famous works about the plans of mice and men holds true. Some will of course say that the Vagabond has been restricting himself solely to intellectual pursuits to ward off the wrath of those whose thunder bolts are so prone to descend upon the poor benighted during the dreary hours of November examinations. That, indeed, is not the case-and with a weekend directly upon us need anyone be important and enquire further...
...members of the classes of 1928 to 1931 will share the burdens of their communities unflinchingly, and even with positive enjoyment. For, to the last man, they will realize that only in so far as the less fortunate members of those communities are encouraged, protected from the risks of poor living conditions and offered opportunities for self advancement, just so far can a community prosper...
...years of concentrated study" and we boast that our graduates are well-rounded as well as being rather deeply learned in one direction. I say they are neither.....Intellectually I am Gilbert's "a thing of rags and patches;" my mind has not the unity of a poor house beef stew.....Many students at Yale are not sure of what they are majoring in until the end of their Junior year. Some do not find out until they graduate. Some never know--but enough...