Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...present number is labelled "Spring" and indulges in a pleasing shade of light apple green on the cover. I believe there have been many better numbers than this, for the jokes seem to lack that subtlety which is usually the Lampoon's raison d'etre. The funniest of these to me is that on top of page 135. "The Abbot of Oldham" is mildly amusing as is also the worm epic, the last sentence of which approaches the heights of Mr. Larrabee's work in 1921. No so much can be said for the "Inkings" in this number, with...
...undergraduates the conduct of the game it will simplify it and return it to its original English foundation from its present highly professionalized technique. It will do this for the very reason that was set forth against it in the Transcript last night. An undergraduate coach would of course lack the authority of the professional. He would be less of a tactician, more of a captain with the captain's functions as the English understand them. The tendency to ward greater informality is obvious and is a good...
Thus whatever qualities the Advocate may lack, it has variety. From the editorial reflections on college life, to the amiable puffing of the book reviews, we have a similar variety in the essays on Wall Street, Keyserling, snakes and drama...
...Otto H. Kahn received ladies of the Girls' Service League of America at her home and a speaker flayed "lack of close contact between young people and their parents...
...early Christian temple was different in spirit from pagan shrines in that the former was a place to meet for worship, whereas the latter was considered the actual residence of the divinity. The result was a lack of self-consciousness and a simplicity that is of much interest to the student of the arts...