Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There is an old and proven basketball axiom that it is hard to look good against a poor team. Sloppy basketball is infectious, and the hackers will invariably pull the better outfit down to their level. Harvard not only descended against the Elis; it stooped lower than...
...died, Luis gave up prosecuting for paint. He says with emotion: "My father made me lose so many years! But my health is very good. The life of the artist in Chile is miserable. Luckily my father left me enough so I don't have to be a poor artist. It is also good that I never had a teacher. I paint as I like...
Luis became a lawyer in the small town of San Bernardo near Santiago. Says he: "My clients were all poor and they never paid. I always managed to get them out of jail. Sometimes they gave me a chicken or a basket of eggs. . . . I was so successful that one day the judge said he was going to make me public prosecutor, that San Bernardo was attracting all the petty thieves. . . . So I was made public prosecutor...
Half a dozen independent studies traced job absences to causes more complex than simple malingering or hangovers. Poor housing, overcrowded transportation, fatigue caused by long hours were given equal weight with labor hoarding, inadequate supervision, bad scheduling of work, failure to obtain materials in advance...
Also entering the meet for the Crimson was Don MacKinnon, Varsity track captain, who won his heat in the 60-yard high hurdles, running the course in 0:07.7. However, he failed to place in the semifinals because of a poor start...