Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Harvard had better cease to exist as a national institution, or as an institution of any kind. A Harvard diploma is a wonderful thing for a job seeker to wave under the nose of an employer, but it will not turn aside enemy gunfire, or protect the "guts" or "lack of guts" from an enemy bayonet. Perhaps, the author of the editorial is quite sure that he will never face an enemy bayonet. Such is his privilege. But I wish to suggest to him and his kind that they make a thorough study of the condition of our army...
...Defeated, 434-to-58, a motion presented by Sir Herbert Samuel, leader of the Orthodox Liberal Opposition, censuring the Speech from the Throne for its "lack of constructive policies...
...special inducement, all members of the Labor Front will be provided with a uniform: dark blue tunic and military cap. Added announcement: "Anybody wearing it will be quite in style at the theatre, opera, or concert. No worker need miss such entertainment any longer for lack of evening clothes...
...this story of banks and securities it is again driven home to us how great a part money plays in the scheme of things and what the lack of it can do to ambition and to love...
Despite a lack of the polish which should distinguish the professional from the amateur performance, the Stagers this week give a fairly creditable presentation of Vildrac's "S. S. Tenacity." The cast, although unadorned by any widely publicized star, is capable enough and almost shows an ability to fill their roles adequately and convincingly, if the story gave them ample opportunity...