Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Officials said that sales for the play-off game have been distinctly below the mark set at Saturday's game, but they felt that this is due more to the fact that it is a mid-week game than to the lack of cash...
...most conservative ears, and there is some basis for this dislike. Germany, Japan, and Russia have had very bad luck when handling it, allowing money to depreciate until it was more useful for lighting fires than for exchange. But in these cases the situation was handled with complete lack of common-sense, and under the pressure of conditions not present with us. On the positive side, economists advocate inflation, through the printing of irredeemable scrip by the government, for the very simple reason that more money must be put into circulation or the United States is headed for a thorough...
...Hall, there should be no serious objections to Harvard Square merchants extending at least a partial credit to students presenting their bursar's cards. Such a system being effected, business on the Square might proceed unhampered, and students would be relieved of the inconvenience brought upon them by the lack of ready cash...
...banks, and to such a strain upon other parts of the banking system, especially in the-East, that similar protective measures became universally necessary. The superficiality of this explanation makes it peculiarly suitable for promulgation by bankers and a subsidized press. But to go just one step beyond this "lack of confidence" is to discover the utter incompetence and frequent dishonesty which have graced the laissez-faire operation of the American banking system. Incompetent management led to the failure of hundreds of small, undercapitalized state banks in the West which folded up at the first signs of receding prosperity. Dishonesty...
That the residents of Dunster House have sufficient cause for this self-satisfaction is not to be denied. The freedom from regulations, the lack of formalities, the comparative excellence of the cuisine, the completeness of the library, and the high calibre of the tutors have all gone far in making this House an extremely pleasant place in which to live. For those, however, who have desired something more than this in the way of House activity, but have lacked the energy of suggestion or action, the few concerts, discussions, and dances have hardly proved sufficient...