Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Once more, it is vicious because of the rich man, poor man problem. There is a premium on the long purse; and Mammon has his share in dictating grades. The financially less able scholar is given an unfair handicap in the contest with a wealthy competitor. Sentiment on this score is intense and vigorous...
Many a reputable Negro leader distrusts The Man Bilbo, who was once accused of muzzling Negro pickers in his pecan grove. He tickles the poor-white vote with his back-to-Africa talk, but he appeals to many a poor black as well. Last week he flourished a letter from Harlem: ". . . I, Mack Royal . . . seartnley will go at the word-I and my whole famley. . . . Sir, please inrole my name; please do this with fail...
...World War's end and the placing of the city in the Polish customs union. If it is accepted that Austria, the Sudetenland and Memel belong to the Reich, then by all logic Danzig should again be in Germany. A German seizure of Danzig would, indeed, be a poor casus belli for the new British-French-Polish "Peace Front...
...chief operating handicaps have been its poor airmail contract and the lack of feeders for its slim cross-country line. The new Civil Aeronautics Authority has partly remedied the first by awarding T. W. A. $400,000 extra mail compensation two months ago and increased further compensation. John Hertz tried to remedy the second last year by unsuccessfully bidding for Eastern Air Lines (TIME, March...
...young, married instructor finds it, hard to make both ends meet for two reasons. First, there is a shortage of good housing facilities at a low enough price. A minimum, decent, family apartment in Cambridge costs at least eighty dollars a month. Then, second, because of the poor Cambridge school system, teachers are forced to pay tuition for their children at private schools. This costs anywhere from one hundred and fifty to five hundred dollars per year, depending on the age of the children. Therefore, some way must be found to reduce rents or educational costs in order to enable...