Word: poore
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Kidnappee Chiang declared, "Through poor leadership, I, as the commander-in-chief of the National Armed Forces, must hold myself responsible for the incident [his own kidnapping] which makes my heart ache. ... If I have any selfish motives or do anything against the welfare of the country then anybody may consider me a traitor and may shoot me. ... If my words and deeds are in the least insincere, if I neglect the ideals of our Revolution, my soldiers may treat me as their enemy and may also shoot me. ... As you, Chang Hsueh-liang, have rectified the mistake [kidnapping...
...made his most intricate runs seem incidental. Despite the attention he has won in Europe and the U. S., he still seemed flustered by the applause. All his life he has made music numbly, not as a showman. When he was a boy in Vienna his parents were so poor that they had only one room for themselves and eight children. There in the din and clatter young Rudolf learned to play...
Glenn Frank left the editorship of Century magazine for the presidency of the University of Wisconsin in September 1925. That month marked a momentary lull in La Follette Progressivism in Wisconsin. Republican John J. Elaine was Governor, old "Bob" was dead after running a poor third for President the year before, "Young Bob" was being eased into his father's Senate seat, Brother Philip was district attorney of Dane county. Old Bob had peered amiably on occasion into the University but when the Republican and Progressive regents got together to elect Editor Frank, then an eloquent young Republican liberal...
...reasonably careful production, the owner of a picture can reproduce it in any form he chooses unless the reproduction rights have been specifically reserved. As Spokesman Sloan pointed out last week, a 10? reprint of a popular novel will not affect the author's reputation; a poor reproduction of a painting, for those who are not familiar with the artist's original work, may be disastrous...
RICH LAND, POOR LAND-Stuart Chase -Whittlesey House...