Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...House which two months ago resisted the temptation to make such additions to the Farm Bill, the Senate's action seemed a poor reward for virtue. When the bill goes to conference the House is now hardly likely to insist on cutting it down to its original dimensions...
Amarillo's Rogers. For four years the mayors have pictured their cities as poor relations, dependent on the U. S. Treasury, communities already at or near their legal debt limits and unable to cope alone with unemployment. A unique mayor last week was Ross D. Rogers of Amarillo, Tex., home of cows, dust storms and helium. Said Representative Ludlow, Indiana Democrat: "I have been in your city on several occasions, Mr. Mayor, and it strikes me that there wouldn't have been any serious trouble if there had been...
...lean and bony ridges and sandy or sparse soil of Central Europe. Socialists insist that Fascism is not inevitable anywhere, and that a different system of property, political and consequent international relations would result in plenty for the German people even though their soil and raw materials are poor. But whatever the truth of the Socialist argument, it is axiomatic that a nation's total well-being under any economic system is limited by two things: the nature of the land and what is under the land, and the number and ingenuity of the population. A nation of clever...
...Only really impressive bit of music up to last week was a special Wagner cycle put on not at the Fair Grounds but at the Metropolitan Opera House, and as the World's Fair entered its third week, even the Met's special cycle was playing to poor houses...
Coach Skip Stahley was very disappointed in the outcome, but admitted hat the Yale ten was far superior and leserved its victory. Poor stick handling and a faulty defense by the Crimson resulted in one Blue tally after another, as Captain Phil Hammond vainly tried to organize his men to an efficient offensive...