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Word: poorly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...statement is wholly mine, 'tis a poor thing but 'tis mine own.* I'll read it myself." He looked a little mussed but he was now playing the statesman, quiet and dignified, standing above the caterwauling of his enemies. The statement was an order to his miners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Horatius & the Great Ham | 12/16/1946 | See Source »

...which miners were paid an average $1.48 per hour. Average pay of other industrial workers - iron & steel: $1.24 (40-hour week); autos: $1.37 (39-hour week). *A Colonial antique, now badly in need of a coat of paint. *More or less from As You Like It: "A poor virgin, sir, an ill-favored thing, sir, but mine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Horatius & the Great Ham | 12/16/1946 | See Source »

...opposing players in his position. Before each game, the Bears' elaborate card index of the weaknesses in rival players is brought out and studied. Sample: the New York Giants' 225-lb. left tackle, Tex Coulter (dropped from West Point in June because his math grades were poor) is tough on defense, but he is apt to be a vulnerable link when the Giants have the ball. Halas' Bears practice three hours a day, get three lectures a week and homework...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: It Pays, But It's Work | 12/16/1946 | See Source »

...Department does not think that all U.S. elms will die of disease, as did nearly all chestnut trees a generation ago. It does believe that the Gothic elm avenues in many towns will disappear, and it advises city landscapers that elms arc poor investment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Twilight of the Elms | 12/16/1946 | See Source »

...Goldberg '48, Network official, said yesterday that the talk is expected to be about 20 minutes long and will attempt to rectify widelyaired, false impressions concerning President Conant's educational views, arising from poor reporting of his talk at Princeton in October...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHCN to Broadcast Conant Talk Tonight | 12/12/1946 | See Source »

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