Word: faulted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...experience of going to the library desk to take out books assigned for quizzes and hour exams, only to come away empty-handed due to the inadequate supply of copies, is unfortunately becoming a regular occurrence. The fault for this state of affairs does not lie so much on the administration of the library, as upon the instructors who are responsible for having the books used by their courses placed upon the shelves...
President Hoover vexed the convention of the American Dental Association at Washington last week by only greeting a few of them (see p. 13).* Also they were cross because they did not get the newspaper publicity which conventioneers expect. Partly that was not their fault. Prime Minister MacDonald's visit to Washington and two sensational stranglings filled Washington papers and clogged national press services. But the dentists themselves were also to blame. Enterprising organizations do not wait for reporters to attend their meetings. Good publicity committees send information, well prepared, to the newspapers. The dentists did not have...
...there that unintelligent emphasis lies. The football system itself is not at fault. The trouble is with the application of it to adolescent needs...
...showed himself to be one of the most consistently brilliant performers on what is generally considered the most powerful Harvard line in recent years. The only weak point in his performances was to be found in his snapping back which gradually improved as the season wore on. This fault was quite natural inasmuch as last season was Ticknor's first attempt at snapping back. His previous experience has been in the backfield a position from which he captained his Freshman eleven. It was his outstanding ability at backing up the line defensively that led the coaches last fall to believe...
...Sofia Minister Liaptcheff learned that his assailant had been arrested. He pondered a while, then sent this message: "I can understand the man's anger. It was largely my fault. ... I refuse to prosecute...