Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After Mel Pattern's poor showing in the Olympics 100-meter dash, I am quite convinced that having one's picture on the cover of TIME is . . . the kiss of death...
...going anywhere. I have been elected 26 times without being defeated. I have assisted others 87 times without defeat. Altogether, 110 times in 45½ years. Why should I come back? Any man who hasn't got enough to take a defeat is a poor...
...frustrated lovers as a rule do not use effectual methods of suicide." The next largest number, 20, blamed alcohol. Other explanations listed: delusions, 9; family trouble, 7; neurotic complaints, 7; a feeling of "impending disaster," 6; a desire to show off, 6; shame for something they had done, 3; poor housing, 1; "just depressed...
Euphoria & Rebuffs. At Rugby Brooke was noted for his prehensile toes, with which he could shoot marbles; at Cambridge he tried to act, but was poor at it; and he paid for his remarkable euphoria in fits of nervous depression. He was not always irresistible. Amy Lowell stood up and shouted "Speak up, speak up" at one of his readings; Ford Madox Ford elegantly rebuffed...
...expulsion. As the story unravels in flashbacks, things look pretty black for the hero. Before he came to West Point he fought in World War II, and apparently his best friend died in battle because Ladd was a c-w-rd. And now Ladd is engaged to the poor fellow's widow (Donna Reed). But by the time the picture ends it is clear that Ladd never funked for an instant, handed out no more bullying at West Point than he took, never tells lies, and is in every way worthy of the Academy and of Miss Reed...