Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...speech. But Juan Diego, the politically powerful Indian peasant to whom Mexican Governments invariably appeal when they are in trouble, has heard fine speeches before. Manuel Avila Camacho is not his man. He has accepted the President's middle-of-the-road political philosophy ("not to make somebody poor to make somebody else rich"), but to the Indian there is still only one man whose voice is magic. He is another Indian, a man born to poverty who became a great revolutionist, a fireball reformist and an enduring popular hero-Lázaro Cárdenas...
...poor Poland that they placed their faith. Poland's dictator. General Edward Smigly-Rydz, bravely declared: "We shall win by the Holy Passion of our Lord. He will lead us to victory.'' Poland's passionate Catholics and her skull-capped Jews, marked by tens of thousands for Nazi execution, resolutely dug in for the defense of their country. But the world outside felt in its bones that Poland was digging its own grave...
Zhukov acquitted himself well, wearing down the Germans as he retreated until winter and reinforcements enabled him to counterattack and drive the enemy back. A poor mixer socially, Zhukov is about 46, bursting with energy, a strict disciplinarian and a firm believer in the importance of a high degree of troop mechanization backed by well-integrated communications, the latter a traditional Russian weakness...
There was little glory in store for the few members of the track squad that managed to show up at the A. A. U. championship meet at Dedham yesterday, and the poor shape of the cindermen took its toll, leaving the Crimson with one first, three seconds and a third...
...lows. The winning time in the high hurdles was 15.5, a second more than the Harvard record set by Don Donahue, and 1.6 seconds more than Hlad's record time. The time in the low hurdles was 25.2 seconds, and both these times were slowed up by poor track conditions...