Word: poorer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...scorn the mechanical thunder of this Willard Mack truck, but they will probably be unable to do so until they are outside of the theatre. It is asserted that Theatreman Mack gathered his material directly from the blotter of a Canadian police court and it is also asserted, on poorer authority, that some of the incidents in his play will be discussed in a temple of justice far closer to Broadway. Said Burns Mantle, able critic to the N. Y. Daily News: "Hoist the warnings! Go tell Jimmie Sinnott, the mayor's censor!* The prostitutes are back...
...their tutor's time, prepare for their General Examinations at a tutoring school, neglect their Reading Period assignments and turn their backs on every attempt on the part of authorities to make intellectual pastures a delectable paradise for students. "The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer" seems to apply here. Educators might hesitate to recognize the obvious need for separation, but soon they may have to focus their attention upon this situation. As long as steps like the Reading Period are taken, so long will the breach widen. The autimonies are clearly outlined...
...policy of the U. S., many a glowing period on liberty and independence by President Coolidge, Charles Evan Hughes, Patrick Henry, Abraham Lincoln. He argued that the Philippines were capable of economic independence, even if faced with a U. S. tariff wall, as suggested by the fact that smaller, poorer, less populous and less literate republics are increasing their export trades far more rapidly than the paternalized Philippines...
...This radiation of energy and matter makes all the stars poorer; but it is a kind of capital levy. It is graduated sharply, so those stars which are best able to bear the burden radiate the most and tend to become equal.to the poorer ones...
...equally titanic contest. One implied physical effort, the other a mental battle. Both were in a way unsatisfactory. If the victors took the wooden standards they were unconscionably rude. If they left them alone they were incredibly indifferent. Their dilemma, however, was soothing to the less fortunate and poorer. It left some thing to say. Now that it is all gone, steel and stone will hurt their bones, but they can only bend them. Gone is the goal post issue and all the fun of official apologies...