Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...beauteous singing maidens" is misleading also. Unless one has an eye for Guernseys and Holsteins, the beauty is unperceived. They have an appearance which might be termed serene, but is more accurately called stupid. The lack of clothing is also exaggerated, and not surprisingly so when one considers that nights are frosty in these parts except for three months a year. The removal of clothing annoys the police, and the "Douks" are wise enough to know this. Many people in the vicinity think the best means of combating the tendency to disrobe would be to ignore it. This...
Senator Couzens: Doesn't it [the bonus system] inspire a lack of care in the sale of securities to the public...
...first place, the quality of elementary instruction is adversely affected by the lack of practical classroom experience of most of these students. In the Mathematics departments several men in their second year of graduate work have been selected, and there are at present in Mathematics A some who have scarcely attained their majority. While it is true that these men may exceed most of their contemporaries in maturity and initiative, the stringent requirements for an advanced degree necessarily restrict the time at their disposal for teaching duties...
...wait on American presidential elections. The Democrats come into office at a time of world crisis and the new men whom they appoint must deal instantly with questions of vital interest to our country. Let us hope that they may be wise men, so conscious of their own lack of intimate knowledge of these questions that they will act conservatively, for the moment at least, strictly along the lines of traditional American foreign policy which is neither Democratic nor Republican...
...other times he appears in need of a fight talk--but who ever heard of a fight talk in squash? J. G. Cornish ocC will probably play in third place. During the season he has developed a smashing game that is hard to overcome. At one time seeming to lack the idea of volleying high shots that put him out of position, he has by practice largely eliminated this fault. Sandy Davenport '34 has carried on throughout the winter, winning his matches with an almost professional regularity. Evidently his experience in tennis tournament play has minimized the difficulty of gaining...