Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been raining, so I mentioned the poor sewerage system in Cambridge. "Yes, I've wondered why there are so many puddles. Or do you call them puddles? . . There are so many words; I'm learning, of course; but take 'pitcher' for instance; in England we call it 'jug' and a 'pitcher' is something altogether different...
...some plans for simple reconstruction. One day in 1944, 600 of Nijverdal's homes were damaged or destroyed by the near-misses of Allied bombers attacking a German V-2 launching platform just back of town. With the mills hardly running at all, the town had been too poor to do much about repairs. Nijverdal could remedy that now. Burgomaster Witschey hoped for renovation of the down-at-heel town hall, too: a couple of months ago, mice nibbled through his desk drawer and ate up his old budget report. Witschey could laugh about it; the 1949 budget...
...military governor of Athens resigned his post in protest. Almost overnight the news reached the northern fron tier. Through the thin cold air of the mountains the loudspeakers of General Markos jeered triumphantly at the government troops: "You see, there is one law for the rich, another for the poor. They executed others for the same thing-but not wealthy Mr. Chryssicopoulos...
Soon young Father McLoughlin began to be almost as well-known in Phoenix as the mayor. He organized a slum clearance campaign and wangled federal funds for three major housing projects. He started a church for poor people in a vacant store. Then he began to crusade for a hospital for the poor. He persuaded Mrs. Roosevelt to make a special trip to Phoenix on behalf of the project, and in 1943 the 232-bed St. Monica's Hospital was built, at a cost of more than $500,000. Father McLoughlin served as superintendent. He was also chairman...
...five-or six-jump run at the starting pole. The greatest race Shannon ever ran, he lost. That day, he got left at the post by 60 yards and then put on a magnificent charge and barely failed to win in 1:36. Making allowances for his poor start, horsemen estimate that he ran the mile...