Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thing, light and flowing, even as the third movement, and the only possible excuse for dragging it, the "logic of the larger lines", to be aliterative, Mr. Monteux had. Even so it did not wholly satisfy. It was in the symphony, too, that the orchestra shone least; a certain lack of brilliance, which is Mr. Monteux's major fault with the classics,--that lack which must necessarily accompany his extreme refinement, was overbalanced by the wood and brass...
More time was needed for football practice because of the late recitations which prevent work from starting before 4.15 o'clock. Practices were short enough on cloudless days, but when last Wednesday, a cloudy day, cut practice short far too soon because of lack of light, Coach Jones decided some action must be taken, and as a result the lighting is being installed...
...started something himself-let him finish it," and Police Commissioner H. A. Wilson yesterday in commenting upon District Attorney T. C. OBrien's investigation relative to the lack of policemen in the Stadium during Saturday's football contests. Major Mooreechoed this general idea is an interview yesterday, and further stated that he had "beard nothing of the conference which District Attorney O'Brien stated Monday would be called to consider the question" and that "arrangements for policing the Stadium would remain as in the post until the police commissioner asked for a change...
...complaint made by District Attorney O'Brien about the lack of police protection in the Stadium seems out of focus with the facts in the case. In the first place it shows a misjudgment of the usual football audience. The number of spectators who are not attached either to Harvard or its opponent is relatively small. If the complaint is directed aganist the spectators directly interested, it shows an entirely unwarranted mistrust. Students, graduates, and their friends come to the game to witness a friendly contest in a spirit of mutual politeness, not to indulge in a free...
Whitbeck made Wheeler earn every point. He played hard and well, even to the last game when the score stood irretrievably against him. On nearly every point the ball went back and forth across the net two or three times before the point was scored. Whitbeck seemed to lack that last finishing stroke, which Wheeler usually delivered...