Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sharp perception of Headmaster Stearns pointed a moral when he said that the Modern Schoolboy is "possibly a bit lacking in some of the more rugged qualities" due to "the fault of the modern social conditions in which he finds himself living." And Headmaster Perry seemed to sense a lack of mental ruggedness. "They have far more information but possibly less intellectual curiosity...
This, however, did not prove to be the case; and I consequently found myself continually running into things which had happened in various parts of the world of which I was not cognizant. This lack of knowledge was the more noticeable because of my former experience with TIME, during which I was not very often caught unawares in any discussion of a public topic...
...Privacy? No. Overcrowded? Yes. But there is no lack of ventilation. With the temperature below freezing and a 30-mile wind howling down the valleys and across the hillsides, there is warmth and a measure of comfort in snuggling up close as the cold air rushes in through the unmatched boards. . . . The $3-a-week allowance from the union must furnish food, clothing and other necessaries. For a family of five this means a little less than 9 cents per day. . . ." (New York Evening World...
...think that question is entirely pertinent to this inquiry. ... I regret it exceedingly?and I am really not doing it through any lack of respect to the committee?but I have to decline to answer...
...half time and steadily increasing it to the end. No individual brilliancy marked the play of the victors; most of their scores were the result of short cleverly executeed passes which caught the Harvard defense unawares. The Harvard five, on the other hand, showed a glaring lack of team work, and counted mostly on long shots from all parts of the court for its tallies...