Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first glance, the story of a 17th century priest who spent the last 43 years of his life working tirelessly for the poor, the sick, and the aged would seem to be unattractive raw material for a motion picture. "Monsieur Vincent" does fail to escape the difficulties imposed upon it by the story--it has few dramatic moments and no plot; it "preaches," to a degree. But the total effect of this picture is one of strength and simplicity and unquenchable sincerity. Somehow--the reasons cannot be ticked off "one, two, three"--Viscount de la Grandiere, the producer, and Maurice...
Stack got off to a poor start. Kiphuth turned away from the pool as Verdeur began his laps. Reid finished up the race and Kiphuth looked at the stopwatch, laughed, and said to those next to him, "we better leave after that." The announcer informed the assembled multitude that, although the time was excellent, "it didn't quite break the world record...
Last year there was a pretty poor turnout for the big race, mainly because the cyclists were racing to Wellesley for the sheer joy of pedaling along the pike. This year is different. Prizes will be provided for the first few places in the entire race, and also for the winners of each of the three main divisions of bicycles--racing touring and balloon tire...
Cannon died a poor man in 1944, all but forgotten by a new generation which was facing fiercer foes of the moral order than Demon Rum. But only 15 years before, Maryland's Senator William Cabell Bruce had risen on the Senate floor to speak the indignation that many another angry church member must have felt: 'God forbid that any clergyman of this kind should ever come near me for the purpose of exercising any office that appertains to his profession. If he were to sprinkle baptismal water upon the head of a child, I should expect...
...strongly suggesting the country as a made-to-order bridgehead and military base on the continent, "secure behind the Pyreness." Many military men disagree. Air and naval installations on the Iberian Peninsula would be under constant short-range bombing attack and exceptionally tough to supply; the Pyrenees are a poor barrier against airborne invasion, and nowhere near as impregnable as the Spanish like to think. Spain is fundamentally an unattractive place from which to flight a European war. There is no military justification for supporting Franco...