Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...uniformly excellent cast has made the best of this poor script. Franchot Tone was a treat; his acting had vigor and was convincing. A few more performances should overcome the few Hollywood histrionics left in his performances. Lee Cobb may be called the conscience of the drama. He conveys the futility and emotional vehemence of a man fighting for his ideals. Everywhere he is frustrated; at times, sad to relate, by the script itself which does not permit an adequate expression of his pent-up spleen...
...sons and daughters of the poor farmers, salesmen, teachers, storekeepers, railroaders and small town doctors, so painstakingly enumerated in your article on Service Stations, feel sort of grapes of wrathy. The article reminded us of the report of some dowager (lorgnette and all) who had ventured across the tracks on a slumming expedition...
...novel to be immediately grasped by everyone. We have been far too accustomed to regard England as we would like it to be. Thus we honor Shakespeare as we would a German classical poet, overlooking the fact that the very qualities that we admire in him made him a poor example of Englishman...
...bill introduced in Congress last winter called for an annual public-health expenditure of $80,000,000; the substitute plan, which the President sent as a birthday message to Congress, slashed the total to $10,000,000. This sum, said the President, would build 50 small hospitals for poor communities throughout the U. S. which need "the most elementary" health services. "Title to these institutions," he continued, "should be held by the Federal Government, but operation should be a local financial responsibility. It is an experiment...
When the late Senator William E. Borah of Idaho gave up riding seven years ago, Washingtonians remarked: "Poor Borah, he can't afford a horse any longer." When he got a whopping bill for a prostate-gland operation, fellow Senators went to the doctor and got the bill halved. Surprised was the capital to learn that the Lion of Idaho had left $207,000 ($50,000 of it in thousand-dollar bills, $157,000 in bonds). Most surprised was Widow Mamie McConnell ("Little") Borah, who will not have to give up their Connecticut Avenue apartment...