Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...overrating this "overseas" stuff. A uniform and a Government-sponsored boat ride won't necessarily make a good husband out of a poor one. There are bad husbands overseas as well as good ones. No, the kinds of wives the men left behind are of their own making...
Defense. In Chicago, Julius Goss pointed out to police that it was illogical to accuse him of setting a church afire, since for 48 years he had made his living robbing poor boxes...
...often the movie makers fail to leave well enough alone. One of their favorite tricks is to buy up a good novel-at a fancy price-and with the aid of bad acting, poor casting, and insipid directing, turn out a sixth rate flop. Happily, "The Song of Bernadette" seems to be a sign of better times...
...political procedure in Britain and in the newly liberated Balkans: "They take their politics very seriously in those countries. A friend of mine, an officer who was there when the results of the late general election came in, told me that a [Balkan] lady said to him: 'Poor Mr. Churchill. I suppose now he will be shot.' My friend was able to reassure her by saying that the sentence might be mitigated to various forms of hard labor...
...Poor fielding is another difficulty plaguing Coach Floyd Stahl. Twenty-two miscues have been made by the Varsity; many of them coming in critical moments. The loose playing has accounted for nine of the 28 runs scored against the Crimson, and other errors would have let more opposing players cross the plate if it had not been for the tight pitching on the part of Wallace...