Word: poore
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...effort expended and the results obtained reflect great credit to the University as a whole. Thanksgiving baskets for poor families, Christmas parties for children in Cambridge, work done in boys clubs in Boston, and many other similar activities do immense good and aid many people in times of strain. Phillips Brooks was known for his charitable efforts; members of the Institution which was organized in his memory and bears his name have carried on nobly...
...paid $200 as a mitzvah for her paralyzed daughter and was now wondering if she had been swindled. Upon investigation of Mrs. Seigel's complaint the Brooklyn district attorney declared that the police had turned up "one of the most novel and extensive rackets for mulcting the poor and afflicted people which has ever come to my attention...
...Elohim and Adonai a sacred promise was made in Detroit one night last week. The Jew Sender ben Henie swore before Jehovah that, if his unborn child should be a girl, he would marry her to the son of his faithful neighbor Nissen. But Nissen died leaving his son poor while Sender grew rich and increasingly greedy. The holy promise was broken, just as it was in Sholom Ansky's mystical drama. This time The Dybbuk was having its U. S. premiere as an opera, which has had considerable success during the past two years in Europe. The music...
...usual, the two outstanding figures were the Congress' President Jeannette Knepprath and Secretary Emma Phaler. A spiritualist, married to a Milwaukee chiropractor, President Knepprath has been handling bowling affairs for 18 years, is still a poor bowler herself. So is Secretary Phaler whose pleasant efficiency ("She is the kind of woman you could run over and borrow a cup of sugar from") has made her the backbone of the organization. A certified public accountant, she sends out the prize money so soon after the tournament's end that the delegates gladly elected her for the fourth time. Despite...
Show Boat (Universal). From a current Hollywood trend, cinemagoers may deduce that the length of a picture indicates just how good its producers consider it to be. Some recent films have been very long and, at the same time, very poor. But Show Boat, which takes nearly two hours to unroll, is well worth the care which Producer Carl Laemmle Jr. bestowed upon it as his final picture before leaving Universal. Handsomely directed by James Whale, magnificently photographed by Leon Shamroy, it brings to the screen what has become a U. S. institution: Edna Ferber's story...