Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...forward pass plays tried by the Crimson against the Red and Blue there were enough potential receivers scattered about the field to reveal the foundations of a sound and workable pass offense. But a lack of finish, a tendency on the part of the receiver to fight the ball, spoiled the effectiveness of this mode of gaining ground. With greater attention to detail, the Harvard passing game should become a threat against the Blue of Yale...
Snobbery. Democrats insisted that, stronger than any distinction as to honesty or ability, the electorate made a social distinction between the nominees; that the President-reject was "whispered" about for his lack of polish, for his spitting on floors, rough voice, vulgar accent. Democrats were only infuriated when Republicans, admitting this charge, said...
...consequent declaration for Smith. He translated "Socialism" into what most of the Northwest's successful politicians call "Progressiveness." A typical Robinson excerpt: "His [Nominee Hoover's] denunciation of the proposal to make the tariff effective for agriculture as 'State Socialism' not only proves his utter lack of sympathy for the desire of farmers to enjoy prosperity, but also his very prejudiced viewpoint...
Girl Trouble concerns a shy youth who loves one girl, is pursued by another, loved by a third, and tormented by his relatives. With a disturbing lack of comic inspiration, the play proceeds until the right girl wins...
...alluring as Sears Roebuck's. Everett Dean Martin deplores an educational system which, pandering to a materialistic age, offers equal "credit" for a course in Aristotle's Ethics and another in High Power Salesmanship. But the fault lies not so much with the age as with the perennial lack of a consistent philosophy of education...