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Word: lacked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Communism is on the march, and one reason for its growth is the lack of resistance on the part of Western intellectuals, William F. Buckley, Jr., editor of the National Review, said last night in an address on "The Decline of the Intellectual in Public Affairs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Buckley Attacks 'Thinking People' For Lack of Intellectual Conviction | 5/8/1959 | See Source »

...most amusing pieces in the chapbook (Chaucerian jargon for this sort of collection) are not really supposed to be taken seriously. Cast From a Coffee House Comedy and Verbatim II have some funny lines, and some neat images, but lack coherence. Also in Cast From a Coffee House Comedy, the poet rhymes quartz with schmaltz, which is enough to stop any reader right there. The prose poem Battery Manhattan again has its brief moments, but is cluttered with incomplete sentences which have no function, and forced quaintness of expression. Mr. Phelps does however call the cry of a sea gull...

Author: By Peter E. Quint, | Title: Identity | 5/7/1959 | See Source »

Most students, however, emphasized, and listed among them: "time wasted traveling," "out of touch with classmates," "trouble finding parking places," "lack of close association with students of different backgrounds," "daily contact with family often cumbersome," "sense of isolation," "lack of intellectual atmosphere," "feeling as though I were still attending high school," "nearly zero contact with the faculty," and "inability to make full use of Lamont...

Author: By Craig K. Comstock, | Title: Still Needed: 'Real House' for Non-Residents | 5/7/1959 | See Source »

...commuters' athletic program drew a mixed response--"good spirit and interest, although lack of time to participate puts Dudley at the bottom of the Straus competition." Though one student claimed that it was "well-run, despite natural difficulties," another said the program was "terrible because of student apathy and commuter inconveniences." All college students complain of the lack of time, but commuters, who average a half hour on the road per day, have reason to complain a little louder...

Author: By Craig K. Comstock, | Title: Still Needed: 'Real House' for Non-Residents | 5/7/1959 | See Source »

...half-year seminar program, to begin in the freshman year, was made last month by Jerome S. Bruner, professor of Psychology. Bruner recently called for active debate on his proposal, in order to "stir the pot." He also declared himself interested in any other proposals which might alleviate "the lack of intellectual excitement" in the present system...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seminar Supported | 5/6/1959 | See Source »

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