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Word: poorly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...princes and nobles, he wrote: "We owe this revolt to none other on earth than to you . . . who are hardened to the present day and do not cease to rage against the Holy Gospel, and in your secular government do nothing else than tax and extort . . . until the poor and common man can no longer endure it. The sword is hanging over your heads, and yet you think that your seat in the saddle is secured. Such obdurate foolhardiness will cost you your neck. You must change and obey the Word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 28, 1946 | 1/28/1946 | See Source »

...current American Journal of Surgery, California's Dr. Clarence A. Split-hoff considers the causes & cures of backache. Chief causes: poor posture, extra fat, weak bone structure, accidents, high heels -which can throw the wearer's pelvis off balance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: My Aching Back | 1/28/1946 | See Source »

...displayed in a one-man show in November 1944. ("A man called up and wanted to buy one of the paintings. I was so overwhelmed I wanted to give it to him. My friend said, 'Lotte, don't be so unprofessional.' He paid $50 for it, poor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Dowager of Song | 1/28/1946 | See Source »

Still, even Dr. MacCracken thinks there's something wrong with U.S. education. He blames the teachers. "Wherever there is poor teaching and mediocre living," he wrote, ". . . you will find the professors clamoring for compulsion to make the students come back to their courses. Strange as it may seem, students recognize good teaching when they see it. At Vassar, the most popular course in the college is voted the hardest year after year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Vassar Calls It Romage | 1/28/1946 | See Source »

...While poor black cherubs rise at seven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 21, 1946 | 1/21/1946 | See Source »

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