Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...these same hallowed precincts. Especially does this failure take on rather a poignant note when it is remembered that fully 350 ardent undergraduates have expressed their zeal by registering with the central bureau in Washington, but have been stopped on the threshhold of a shining success by the lack of leadership. No one has stepped forward to take on his shoulders the flaming mantle of the great Jouet Shouse. In this crying wilderness no prophet has arisen to lead the children to the promised land with the fervour of the noble Alfred Emmanuel, or the disinterested spirit of self-sacrifice...
...unbearable to thing that victory should be snatched away by such a minor tribulation when the rank and file are ready and eager to step into the fray. Lack of leadership cannot be brooked, especially when there are thousands in the party coffers just waiting to be spent for some worthwhile cause, such as college propaganda and the dissemination of useful knowledge among the undergraduates of America. Perhaps a flying squad could be rushed to Cambridge from New York in order to organize and lead some semblance of form and purpose to this potentially worthwhile group; publicity could be issued...
Other DeLee obstetrical aphorisms: "The lack of prenatal care is responsible for many deaths, despite some improvement. It is safe to say that not 25% of American women get proper prenatal care...
...surprised that you too should become confused, considering the subject with which you arc dealing, but knowing the pride of the Charlotte people I am certain they will wax quite indignant over this lack of familiarity with their prize city...
...conference itself was conspicuous for its lack of New Deal animosity. A good many sessions were devoted to familiar Chemurgician products like soy beans, tung oil (for paint), Jerusalem artichokes (for alcohol), slash pine (for paper). A "Pioneer Cup" was awarded to Leo Hendrik Baekeland, father of the plastic industry (Bakelite), though that aging chemist did not bother to come out of his Florida retirement to receive it in person. Mr. Garvan delivered his usual harangue in favor of blending alcohol with gasoline. But most of the speakers were either technical experts or working vice presidents of corporations...