Word: gap
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...commentary on the lethargy, or, as a German might put it, "weltschmerz," prevailing among undergraduates on the subject of sport, many of whom have been richly endowed by Mother Nature with the strength to fill the gap, and who need only exhibit a scintilla of interest to discover that they would richly enjoy these sports and would contribute at one and the same time to their own physical well-being and their college's distinction, that such a condition should prevail, and I think that there are many other undergraduates who felt the same way about it. S. T. Orton...
...practical affairs. Professor Monroe has removed to California and his position has remained unfilled. Some courses in the field, it is true, are given by Dean Hanford, but his administrative duties necessarily limit his efforts in this direction. From time to time visiting professors have attempting to fill the gap. This solution is obviously inadequate, however, since their short sojourn removes all incentive for permanent accomplishments...
...that it would rarely be given due weight. If he was a good tutor, the fact would not be held against him, but neither would it count heavily in his favor. Consequently the young man who went into tutoring tended to look upon it only as a stop-gap an activity through which he would be able to keep in touch with the academic world until something better came...
...Moffett job of stimulating private building had not yet been given a chance, that it alone could do the job. Others, among whom were Messrs. Ickes and Hopkins, felt the Moffett method would not get results in a reasonable length of time, favored rushing Government money into the gap...
With the opening of informal fall track, Eddle Farrell is faced with the prospects of a team which cannot be beaten in track events but which can hardly count on ten points in its field events. The loss of Dean and Healey leaves a gap which it will be difficult to fill. These two men alone assured Harvard of 16 points in the shot put and discus throw at every meet last year...