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Word: poorly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...from London. The story from London was correct. Secretary Marshall, preparing to leave for Moscow (see INTERNATIONAL) had told the White House conferees Britain had served notice that she could no longer support her occupation forces in Greece, could no longer maintain her position in Turkey. Britain was too poor, financially...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: The Rustle of History | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

...these fine-looking people?" asked the porteno taxi driver, staring at the broad, blond faces. He was told that they were bound for Paraguay's Chaco. "Ah, the poor ones," sighed the man from the city's pavements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: The Poor Ones? | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

...when horse racing was changing from rich man's sport and poor man's ruin to big business, Metro-Goldwyn's Mayer became one of the top spenders. He sank more than $5,000,000 in horseflesh and horse farms. A man who likes to run things himself, he found that he was working harder at his hobby than at running Hollywood's richest movie studio. Last week, after convincing himself it just wasn't fun any more, L.B. sold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Winners for Sale | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

...solution to the local theatrical problems of poor staging facilities and lack of student interest was propounded yesterday by William A. West '49 with the formation by him of a new theatre group which will perform in House dining halls beginning next month...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: West Forms 'Dining Hall Drama,' Will Tour Houses with Initial Production Early in April | 3/5/1947 | See Source »

...Yearling. Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman in a rather glossy Technicolored version of the Rawlings novel about poor folks in Florida's scrub country (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Mar. 3, 1947 | 3/3/1947 | See Source »

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