Word: poore
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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That is a situation which does not look right to me, and certainly reflects very little credit on Harvard. In fact, I think there would be much justification in accusing Harvard of poor sportsmanship, for which the athletic authorities are solely responsible, but I think the student body ought to agitate for a reform in this policy of taking on a "soft touch" on the Saturday prior to the Yale game, while Yale is playing a hard game with Princeton. Yours very truly, W. M. Holden, Harvard...
...conclusion of "The Village Maiden and the Three Red Boys" where the offended father's attempt to profit in a common-sense way from his daughter's misfortune is rudely rejected by Soviet justice. "Leningrad's Lucky House" shows an all-wise government taking control of a poor tenement's winning in a state lottery and administering it to everyone's disappointment and everyone's ultimate benefit. Mr. Duranty has loss success when he tackles the subject of the comparative success of Christianity and Communism as a working philosophy in "The Spirit Within." He merely states the proposition that they...
Currently the University presents a pot-boiling bill, not very good, not terribly poor. Add "The March of Time," some long pre-vues, and lengthy news-reel, and there's a quarter's worth...
...paper. He was Very Rev. Michael Maslov, dean of the Cathedral. For months, rain had been leaking through the roof, damaging the murals and icons within. Prelates of the Cathedral had launched a campaign for $25,000 to refurbish it, but little money was forthcoming from the poor Russians of the congregation. So Dean Maslov scrambled to the roof, spread seven rolls of paper and three buckets of tar upon it. Total cost...
...Metropolitan Sergius in Russia," TIME erred. Dominated by no one, Archbishop Kedroff is connected with the Synodical Church of Russia, headed by Metropolitan Vitalius. TIME likewise erred in declaring that prelates officiating with Archbishop Kedroff wore "vestments of gilt studded with imitation jewels." Although most Russian churches are too poor to afford real gems, Archbishop Kedroff declares that his Cathedral has some cultured pearls and cameos...