Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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TIME [Sept. 22] says, apropos of the judging of California wines in Sacramento, that "for 14 different varieties out of the 45 judged, the entries were so poor that no gold medals were awarded...
...second red-hot debate centers around Cambridge's school system. The present program came under the heavy guns of the Cambridge League of Women Voters last May when a survey by Professor Alfred D. Simpson concluded that the school system was "tolerable verging on poor." Where and When to Register DATES HOURS PLACES Oct. 10, 14, 15 8:30 - 4:30 Election Commission-362 Green Street just off Central Square. Evenings Oct. 10, 14, 15 7:00 - 9:00 Same. Oct. 10 7:00 -9:00 Ward 10-Fire House, Taylor Square, junction of Huron Avenue, Garden and Sherman Streets...
Thomas Mitchell, moving into the title role created in London by Ralph Richardson, is mournfully inadequate. Instead of making the inspector the mysterious, dominating figure later events show him to be, he is almost friendly in spots. Poor direction may account for a large part of the peculiarly false emphasis maintained almost to the very end, for the production does not seem to wake up to the fact that it is a thriller until too late...
With the exception of a few war years, the Pudding has been producing theatricals since 1844. Parsons, who handled the business arrangements last year, will be manager of the play and his assistants will be vice-president David S. Biddle '49, stage manager Peter V. Poor '46, and publicity director John Munroe...
...plays it to a fare-thee-well is England's durable matinee idol, 54-year-old Ivor Novello. A kind of poor woman's Noel Coward, Novello also wrote the play and composed its half dozen hit songs. As playwright, he instinctively senses the emotional desires of a woolgathering audience. As composer, he sets his public's daydreams to soft, sugary music. As actor he hams it for all it is worth...