Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that gliders are "only half the ticket" in fulfilling man's desire to fly like birds. You may be right- but there are over 1,000 sailplane and glider pilots in America who, in order to forgive you this grave error, must assume that your Writer (poor man) probably has never experienced the thrill of "motorless flight." These pilots will tell you that there can never be a motor-powered craft that will replace the sailplane and glider as aids in achievement of the mortal's ambition to flap his wings in flight...
Britons, who had expected some increase, were shocked. They swore at Dalton for soaking the poor where it hurt. And they swore they would swear off smoking. By this week cigaret sales had slumped more than half...
...other respects Dalton's budget followed Labor's Robin Hood thesis of taking from the rich to give to the poor. Taxes on distributed profits (dividends) were upped from 5% to 12½% (a few fortunate Britons breathed easier; they had expected a slashing 20% tax). Inheritance duties were almost doubled. Sales taxes were cut on items including boxing gloves, chamber pots and toothpicks. But a whopping 66⅓% purchase tax went onto heating and cooking appliances...
...best reasons for believing that the two countries can work out these differences are 1) their growing identity of eco nomic interest, and 2) the Aléman administration's recognition of the fact. Mexico needs U.S. scrap for steelmaking, U.S. autos for transport, U.S. dollars for expansion. "Poor Mexico," many a Mexican has sighed, "so far from God, so near the United States." Time has taken much of the sting out of his complaint...
There was another reason for Aléman's poor marks in Beteta's course-a girl, Beatriz Velasco, a pupil in a nearby domestic science school. Aléman used to rush through his studies, meet Beatriz and carry her books home. In time Miguel's friends visited the Velascos and, in the ceremonial Mexican fashion, argued that he was a fine boy, with a good reputation and good prospects. After due investigation, he became her novio oficial, with the right to come to dinner occasionally, to sit in the sala afterwards with Beatriz (and parents...