Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Said Poet Stephen Spender: "The gap across Europe does not separate victors and vanquished, but the devastated poor countries and those which are still intact and rich. Let's prevent one side living in self-pity and resentment, and the other in self-righteousness and fear of contamination...
...flats requisitioned by the Air Ministry. Gradually a swelling chant of "Bedding for the squatters-bedding for the squatters-" rose, reached a frightening crescendo and fell again. From the squatters, whose morale still held, came the answering chant, "We'll stick it-we'll stick it." A poorly dressed woman wiped her eyes, smiled and said: "Ah, bless 'em, poor devils, I reckon they deserve medals for this." On the outskirts of the crowd a middleaged, middle-class man stood watching. "Poor devils," he said. "Pity they can't see how they're being used...
Exceptions do seep through every once in a while, though. This week Dartmouth football publicity went overboard for a pair of ends, Mo Monahan and George Rusch, who, if you want to believe the written word, should both be out earning a living for their poor mothers with the Chicago Bears, instead of hanging around Hanover. Superlatives drip from a page and a half of purple prose, but before the final period was inscribed on the release, the more cautious of the writers had his covering sentence. "No matter how superior Holy Cross proves to be against a Dartmouth team...
...Sawney squatted on his heels beneath a beech tree, while new boys paraded past-as many as 75 in 90 minutes. The principal shot a question or two at each one, then tipped off his teachers as to which ones were likely mischiefmakers, and which ones would be poor students. He was usually right...
...cultural development the U.S. is besieged by contrasts. There a few schools organized by American millionaires are luxuriously equipped and are rich in all kinds of equipment. In contrast, the schools for the masses are poor and frequently in one room with one teacher there are three classes...