Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...speech on Thursday Governor Land on accused the President of concealing the facts about New Deal policies from the public, and he demanded that the chief executive tell the people exactly what he intends to do. During the last year the major complaint against President Roosevelt has been his lack of sincerity and honesty. Not only has he failed to live up to his campaign promises, but his entire lack of truthfulness with respect to his ill-considered measures has aroused an indignant public. He has concealed material facts concerning the administration and has attempted to sell himself...
...matters now stand, tutors are overburdened with students, many of their tutees lack the interest and ability to gain by their efforts and expenditure of time. Yet the enlargement of the staff is financially impossible. The obvious solution is a discreet reduction of students working under the tutorial system based on careful observation of their ability during the crucial sophomore year...
...Hall has succeded, with notable exceptions, in repulsing valuable men already over-busy, and in discouraging most advisors from devoting any appreciable attempt to advising. This irritating condition continues year by year disguised in President's reports with honeyed words and justified in the college's eyes by the lack of money to correct it. The policy is plain short-sightedness on the part of a corporation which every year gives Freshmen increased discretion in course selection and new fields of study. By neglecting first-year men they are building an elaborate scholastic temple on foundations of sand...
Rather than rallying to the support of another party, Hathway and Beckel confined themselves to the criticism of the New Deal. They attacked the administration of the Civil Service, unemployment, and general lack of co-ordination in all New Deal policies...
...dismayed by the lack of a decision at the debate, the Crimson men garnered doubtful honors in still another field of endeavor. Jubilantly they claim the distinction of having set a record between Cambridge and Hanover: two hours and forty-four minutes, including time spent on court proceedings at Concord and Nashua...