Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...month ago Boss Crump realized that he had picked a poor stumpster in Judge Mitchell. The judge was drawing no crowds, whipping up no enthusiasm. Kefauver was doing both-by attacking Boss Crump. Thereupon the Boss took over the real campaigning. He bought big ads in Tennessee dailies (most of which favor Kefauver), blasted away at Kefauver's "tainted Red record in Congress." Blustered Crump: "I'd as soon vote for Vito Marcantonio . . . the oxblood Red Communist of New York City." He likened Kefauver to "a pet coon" that turns its head in innocence, "while its foot...
...Pagodas. The son of a poor Czech goldsmith, Oskar Kokoschka briefly earned a living decorating fans and postcards, or betting U.S. tourists he could drink them under the table. His formal education was slight, "acquired through reading under my school desk. Therefore my intellect resembles a Tibetan desert, with a few pagodas here & there." During World War I, he achieved a brief respectability by joining the dragoons, because he liked the uniform. But he always kept his private pledge: never to shoot the enemy...
...afraid poor Evelyn has begun to take the problem of evil seriously...
Commented Author Kay last week: "Most college graduates, I suppose, remember their classmates as being all kinds: bright and not-so-bright, conscientious and lazy, rich & poor, cynical and idealistic, sophisticated and naive. But we have discovered in this survey that college graduates are actually a surprisingly homogeneous group...
...enemy also has radios; he might suborn the brainless invader into a rightabout turn. "Homing" devices, attracted by some quality of the target, are dangerous if used prematurely. The missile, perhaps confused by the enemy, might "home" on a friendly city. The earth's magnetic field is a poor guide. It varies erratically, and a subtle enemy might bemuse the missile with false-face magnetism. What is needed for a really effective guided missile is a foolproof steering device that the enemy cannot influence...