Word: poore
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Over-alert social critics are apt to notice leftist leanings in the play, such as a Communist's being sent to death by mob hysteria, and a policeman's bullying the poor. These suggestions, if not completely illusory, are at best irrelevant and insignificant...
...years is obviously one he had no hand in. He knew stinging poverty, quit college four years ago, worked as a gas station and cigar store attendant, attended night classes at DePauw now takes small part in re-making the world as is possible by but a Socialist. Still poor, James T. Farrell is charming, generous, and a clear thinking, clear seeing writers...
...November hours places only about 40 students in "cramming sections", while almost a third of the class has been assigned to conference groups, formerly the province of a few historical wizards. The credit for this improvement is due to the new selective method of admission, which effectively weeds out poor students...
Black Limelight (by Gordon Sherry; Busbar & Tuerk, producers). The villain of Black Limelight suffers from "nyctalopia." This medical term actually means an eyesight defect resulting in poor vision at night, but for the purposes of Author Gordon Sherry (a pseudonym) it refers to eyes which can see well in the dark but must be protected by thick glasses from the light of day. The monster's homicidal mania leaps up at the time of the full moon. Working in the dark, he takes off his glasses, puts on gloves, chokes the victim to death, cuts her up with artistic...
Ordinary farmers are pleased if they husk 100 bushels of corn in a ten-hour day. That Carl Carlson husked only 21 bushels in his 80 minutes last week was due to poor conditions rather than to technical inferiority to his famed younger brother Elmer. Closest thing in the U. S. to an efficient cornhusking machine are Carl, Elmer and two other Carlson brothers, who will be favorites in future cornhusking championships. Hauled onto a platform last week to get his $100 prize money, Carl Carlson was so excited that he mistook the loudspeaker microphone for a radio outlet. Said...