Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...opposition to Venizelos in Greece is a conglomerate of interests which in their notorious lack of leadership rallied to the exiled king as the only person sufficiently powerful to be their chief. They have no other common policy, nor common interest, except their discontent with Venizelos. As many as sixteen leaders signed the manifesto denouncing the conduct of the Liberal party of Venizelos. During the campaign and after their victory disagreement has risen among them more than once. Two cabinets had to resign, unable to cope with the situation. The present one, under D. Gunaris, is a mosaic of forces...
...practised a system of price setting through time study. Nevertheless, the force was small and the field large. Many of the prices, therefore, were the result of comparison with prices obtained from more or less unreliable sources. Many times the biased information of the foreman was accepted and lacked a consideration of all the conditions. Moreover, the time study man was looked upon by the shop as an undesirable citizen. His position was very hard to fill and very little thought of by those who might be competent. He was the object of much abuse and there were few workmen...
...time was overcome, for, when shown up to his own representative, the operative has no comeback. All suspicion that a biased judgment of the foreman was accepted, or that affecting conditions were overlooked was allayed. The question, also, whether spoiled work was accountable to the price being low or lack of proper supervision on the part of the foreman, was easily settled, for, the representative being himself a workman in the department, was more inclined to defend both himself and the price when poor supervision existed, the final result often proving to be a decided improvement all around...
...curious thing that Boston is not only incapable of supporting regular grand opera, but has witnessed the gradual disintegration of the Jewett Repertory Company without emotion, and now quietly lets what is undoubtedly the best light opera company we have had for some years go to pieces--chiefly from lack of interest on the part of the public. The goose that lays the golden egg can be killed by indifference as well as by greed...
...Research Information Service of the National Research Council has announced from its office in Washington. D. C., its recently established plan of assisting investigators in scientific research by locating, scientific publications which are not generally or readily accessipbe. Realizing that many scientists lack the library facilities which their work demands, and that they are compelled either to journey to distant libraries or to borrow books by mail, the Service plans to have manuscripts, printed matter, or illustrations copied by Photostat or typewriter. The cost of copying varies from ten to twenty five cents per page. No charge is made...