Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...President found himself in a dilemma. Now that primary bygones were bygones, Franklin Roosevelt desperately wanted Democrat Bennett to win over Republican Thomas E. Dewey. Three weeks ago, he formally plumped for Bennett's election. But Republican Dewey still led in the straw polls, Democrat Bennett was a poor second; and the American Labor Party, formerly a boon to the New Deal, was running a candidate of its own. So, last week Franklin Roosevelt tried again. Said he, in a telegram addressed to Bennett but meant for the ears of the American Labor Party: "To suggest that my support...
...numerous small faults mar the efforts of a hard-working cast. Poor lighting arrangements leave a third of the stage dark, costumes clash violently with upholstery, and a supposedly "meditative" character walks on stage with the "Reader's Digest" in one hand. Such incongruities detract continually from a comedy which otherwise would carry its audience along without pause...
...wish to defend the position of Catholics on the birth control amendment. Your editorial of yesterday concludes that "Fairness to the less financially privileged and freedom of conscience are the core of this people's referendum." We are being neither unfair to the poor, nor imposing on freedom of conscience...
...argument that we are discriminating against the poor because the rich get doctors' advice anyway, we answer that such illegal medical practice is a matter for the civil authorities. The rallying cry of Equality means little to us when it signifies Equality in Folly...
...already seven birth control clinics have been closed, while people of higher incomes can casually make a doctor's appointment behind closed doors for the same information deprived the low wage earner. There can be no dodging the issue, no matter how unhealthy class comparisons may be, only the poor suffer from an anti-birth control...