Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pincers of technology squeeze inexorably upon the poor science-fiction writer...
...this gory battle royal (Dane Clark) gets tagged on the jaw, slugged with a blackjack, kicked in the head and punched orie-eyed in a boxing bout. Since most of this mauling is done by thugs who work for the husband of his beautiful, frozen-faced girl (Alexis Smith), poor dear Dane suffers without a whimper. Toward the end, there is some talk of sending him off to a hospital to have his head examined-an idea which might have saved a lot of trouble earlier in the story...
...turned over to a new "tutor" who introduced him to night life and sex. After he had thus contracted "a venereal complaint," he was married to Belgian King Leopold's daughter Stephanie, who described herself as "the rose of Brabant," but of whom her uncle remarked: "Poor Rudolph! His bride has the daintiness of a dragoon...
Lack of indoor space kept the team from practicing for a week, but the Watertown defenses were poor and the Crimson played most of the game near the other...
...CRIMSON editorial "State of the Union" was biased, to put it mildly. This is not to disparage Mr. Truman's achievement; but let's represent his victory as what it is--a triumph of his personality and energy over the poor opinion most of the nation had of his party during the years just past. Remember that the 80th Congress passed a number of measures over the President's veto by virtue of alliance between all groups in Congress--there were a lot of Democrats in those two-thirds majorities. Mr. Truman's record up to last summer...