Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...previous articles his denunciation of the undergraduate for his superficial cleverness and of the graduate for his shallow education, revealed a lack of sympathy for and understanding of college students, faced as they are by the baffling problem of acquiring an education. His latest article begins with the old unsympathetic note. He says "destructive criticism is the natural attitude of the youth of today." He may be pardoned for this hangover from his old point of view, however, since at last he shows a real understanding of the undergraduate's problem. What "The Old Dog" terms "destructive criticism...
...Cummings, best known perhaps for his lack of capitals, orthodox punctuation, and spacing, has carried the standard of revolt much further than did Amy Lowell and her disciples a half-generation ago. In return he has achieved a rapidity of motion and a trick of brief description interspersed with flashes of vivid realism, which creates a more startling illusion than would have been possible within the bounds of the old forms. This technique has not been confined to poetry, for an impressionism which resembles it strikingly, constitutes the chief charm of the works of such writers as Sherwood Anderson...
...stores on the carbarn side of Boylston Street were affected by the sudden lack of illumination, and flashlights everywhere made their appearance...
...joined in bringing suit against the Western Union Telegraph Co. for $1 actual and $1,800 exemplary damages. The legal petition sets forth: "Mrs. Mulford has brooded, and dark suspicions and doubts crept into her mind as to whether failure to receive the message was due to neglect and lack of thoughtfulness on the part of her husband, which indicated to her a waning of affection on his part, all of which caused her deep mental anguish...
...made clear, contrary to statements in the daily press, that Harvard was not protesting against the simplicity of the song, but against its lack of real musical validity. And again contrary to statements in the press, it was pointed out that while Dr. Davison had promised Harvard support, he had never intimated any abrogation of Harvard's position regarding the unanimous consent rule...