Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Asked if he thought the Russian peasant was in poverty today, Steinbeck retorted, "Poor? Conditions are no different from any other sector. Take a tip down south in our own country if it's poverty you're looking...
...delegates had set up pilot educational projects in illiterate regions; they had arranged world music libraries, microfilm exchanges of important books, recorded lectures from rich universities for poor universities, a science center in Paris...
Almost everyone agreed that Jan. 17 would be a poor time to open the Inter-American Conference at Bogotá (TIME, Nov. 17). The U.S. would be deeply involved in Marshall-Planning; its first-string team of diplomats, Senators and Congressmen would be too busy with Europe to think about Latin America. Latin Americans wanted to be sure that their pleas for economic aid would be heard by the right ears. Besides, the diplomats still had a lot to do before they were ready for the conference business of strengthening the hemisphere system...
...behold, one came and said unto Him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? . . . Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions...
...basic mistake of Signature's editors was to ignore better material just in order to have a drama issue. There is certainly a need for a magazine that will print the best student writing both at Harvard and at Radcliffe, but the more poor stuff is published, the fewer writers will contribute. It is up to Signature itself to break the vicious circle by campaigning for the material, and its new contest is an important step. But the editors' obvious fear of being called neurotic or esoteric, coupled with their desire to print trash on the assumption that it will...