Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Harvey Love's yearlings will be seeking to gain some solace from their third place finish behind M.I.T. and Cornell in their curtain raiser last week. Main reason for the squad's poor showing was the sudden illness of the number 6 man, "Swannie" Swanson midway through the course...
Perhaps more significant than the fate of these ten is the fate of American movies. The motion pictures under fire were some of the better productions of the poor Hollywood crop. After this demonstration of muscle by the Thomas committee, the normally conservative movie makers, fearful of their delicate public relations, will become increasingly hesitant to make intelligent movies about any controversial problems. Stripped of all its garnishing this becomes though control, and thought control in the hands of men such as Mr. Thomas is more than dangerous, it is suicidal...
Alexander Hsu of the Chinese Student Federation described poor living conditions and political oppression among students in Chinese universities...
...decided to stay in Hollywood. The best juice of his brains told him that Europe's plight and the union setup made the Casino a poor investment...
...dropped to the floor and bounced about like tiny rubber balls"; his way of coming into a room, carrying his silk hat, stick and gloves; his reputation as both a wit and a bore ("Nobody bored him," said Violet Hunt, "he took care of that. . ."); his reputation for incomprehensibility ("Poor old James," said George Meredith, "he sets down on paper these mysterious rumblings in his bowels -but who could be expected to understand them?"); his reputation for social snobbery, and his reputation for knowing women only by observation and fancy-such were the handicaps he struggled against...