Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Premier Chang Shao-Tseng and his Cabinet resigned. Reasons: a) bandit episode; b) lack of money...
...inevitable because of the attitude of certain authors and publishers who definitely trade on the sensational and salacious character of some of their books. For the sins of these few, the rest, apparently, must suffer. For the sake of publicity, largely, these authors demand this and that. Their lack of dignity would obscure their genius, even if the actual quality of their work did not preclude their consideration as serious artists...
Koppanyi, still in his twenties, was a student of Dr. Hans Przibram, the great professor of experimental zoology at Vienna, and worked in the same laboratory with Prof. Eugen Steinach, gland implanter. The work of all these men is gravely hampered by lack of funds and equipment, as is generally true in the laboratories of Central and Eastern Europe today...
...formation of an alumni found for the purpose of supplying financial guarantees to the University Debating Union was announced last night by R.S. Bowers '24, president of the Debating Union. The debating team has been handicapped in past years by the lack of financial support, and, at the suggestion of Professor G. P. Barker '87, a plan was drawn up to raise $250 annually for three years from alumni who were interested in debating while in college...
...style seems a trifle smart. There is a niceness of phrase and a care for scientific accuracy which makes part of his writing seem artificial. This irritating quality disappears in the later essays, or rather, it is transformed into a convincing sureness. At no time does his writing lack vigor or interest. A study of the subtle changes in his style will go far to show the difference between the writer of promise and the author sure of himself...