Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...helm of France. Briefly he "washed his hands" by declaring that the Chamber must decide whether it wanted the Doumer plan or the Cartel plan. At the same time he blazoned abroad that whichever plan the Chamber chose, he would not consider its vote as implying either "confidence" or "lack of confidence" in the Government but merely as an indication of "preference." Politicians were aghast at this high handed flouting of the precedent which would ordinarily demand the resignation of the Briand Cabinet upon the rejection of M. Doumer's plan. Meanwhile M. Doumer appeared before the Finance Committee...
...California. Those inconsiderate, Westerners, according to yesterday's New York Times, have gone him one better. Where he only powdered, they bring their shaving-tackle to the lecture-room, lather, rub it in or not according to their preferences in shaving-cream, and shave with as much success as lack of a mirror will allow...
...speech, Mr. Patterson treated the cramming of news concerning criminals with a levity and lack of logic pardonable only because his audience the New York State Publishers' Association, was already on his side. As an opening thrust, he classed crime news critics as the most avid of crime news readers. Having gained polite applause, he left the subject with the remark that the English press published more penal news than the American...
...University team has not practiced together as a unit since the Holy Cross game two weeks ago, which may account partly for the lack of teamwork displayed against Colgate. Since that game improvement has been shown, and the team hopes to get back into the winning class tonight...
...played a very tangible part in the interests of student America. Like their great English rivals they served not only to supplement the work of the American colleges, but also to direct them, wherever possible, along higher paths of teaching. Oxford and Heidelberg were names of comparative importance. The lack of meticulous restraint, the scholarly enthusiasm, and the opportunity for intensive development in these universities was talked of with equal admiration by intellectual America...