Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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That President Roosevelt would have been justified in accepting a Pinchot victory as a compliment to himself and his Administration, not even the staunchest Democrat could honestly deny. But the fact that Gifford Pinchot chose to identify, for lack of a more dramatic tag, his liberal politics with the New Deal did not alter the fact that he was still a Republican. The friendly bread-breaking with Governor Pinchot at the White House cost the President nothing. It is part of the Presidential policy to remain on good terms with Republicans of the Norris-Cutting-Johnson-Pinchot stamp, while always...
Blowoff. All this world activity in the name of peace was not lost on the fighters in the Chaco. If two years of bloody combat that has already cost nearly 45,000 lives was to end for lack of fighting material generals on both sides decided that they could have one last glorious blowoff. That last week they...
...Central Committee presents another problem demanding adjustment. Last year two or three Houses received far more applications than they could handle, and when it developed that the Masters were unable to arrange an equitable distribution among themselves the Committee was created. Its raison deter is thus a lack of agreement between the Masters, many of whom now protest that they have not sufficient freedom of choice. Ideally, the Central Committee should be abolished, but since this is apparently impractical, human nature being what it is, the Committee's function should be merely that of a referee board. It should draw...
...organizations. For the first time in many months the interventions. For the state militia has been requested by the local authorities, police being unable to cope with the situation. Yet whether or not the strikers are justified in their demands for higher pay cannot be accurately determined considering the lack of adequate information on the subject of company profits...
Scandals are usually attributable to lack of moral fiber but something rather inexplicable has happened in Adams House. Blame seems to fall on the Dining Hall which for so long brightened the faces of the W.C.T.U. with its refusals to serve beer. It has apparently not only completely reversed its stand now but has become an ardent wet supporter...