Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Britain's House of Commons took a poor view of the situation. M.P.s cheered at the announcement that Britain did not consider herself bound by the Darlan-Eisenhower agreements. Dourly, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden explained that Darlan's assumption of power, "as far as I know . . . was a unilateral inspiration of Admiral Darlan himself...
Creampuffs, if eaten regularly, make poor fodder. So Coach John Chase probably welcomes an opportunity for his Crimson puckmen to meet a squad which shows a little more resistance than the two soft touches they have already slaughtered, and Northeastern's Huskies should provide such opposition tomorrow night at the Boston Skating Club, in a contest scheduled for 8:15 o'clock...
...cost of this plan is to be borne by everybody, the rich and the poor, and all classes in the social conscience awakened by the war, will support it. the levies to support the increased cost of social service will be so collected in order that the common man will feel that he has a stake in the funds, she explained...
...Moscow, where the population has jumped from one million in 1920 to over four million today, housing conditions are further complicated by the abrupt wartime cessations of badly needed new residential buildings, by poor architectural planning and bad workmanship on some apartments, and by lack of materials to repair bomb-damaged windows and roofs...
...fight well in World War II, the Packards conclude, because: 1) they have had little fighting tradition since the fall of the Roman Empire; 2) they abhor regimentation; 3) the military services, particularly the air force, are rotten with party politics and inefficiency; 4) their equipment is uniformly poor...