Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...supposed to have been pro-German during the War. Of course, she did have her pre-American career in Germany. Many Americans, however, will remember the diva singing The Star Spangled Banner with great fervor at various times during the hostilities. This assuredly removes any suspicion from her of lack of love for the Allies...
...readily perceive that such an imponderable plot must be fashioned mainly of talk. Since the talk is consistently bright and often brilliant the lack of incident is not a serious setback...
...over 7%, except in muscular control. For all tests, the net average decrease was 5.13%, and more than half of this loss was from two extreme cases of nonsmokers, the non-smokers showing on the whole greater losses than the smokers, which may easily be accounted for by their lack of habituation to the drug...
...monotone. But there was one entity of that roar which was almost missing, the sound of the human voice. . . . New York . . . spoke only when it had to,, and then for the most part in quiet, repressed monosyllables . . . This silence was maintained all day. Never was there such a lack of conversation along Broadway or Fifth Avenue, or in office or factory...
...comparative steadiness of prices after the unexpected death of President Harding has been all the more remarkable for coming in the midst of an obviously " bear" stock market. This lack of excitement in the financial district over the dangers possible in so swift a succession in the Presidential chair can be mainly attributed to a strong feeling of confidence in President Coolidge, increased by his wise announcement that the late President Harding's policies and Cabinet would not be changed. The only uneasiness which the painful event created in business circles was in connection with the Republican nomination...