Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Blamed for the carriers' troubles were the competition of motor trucks and busses, the compulsory operation of unprofitable trackage, the unnecessary duplication of plant facilities, the lack of a national plan for transportation development. Emphasizing the country's cash stake in its railroads Governor Roosevelt approved the policy of R. F. C. loans to keep them afloat but only as an emergency measure...
...lack of spiritual influence in the home and school, and the bad example as to 'church going' set by certain people in the community...
...Government for a redress of grievances") does not specify that Congress must be in session for such assembly and petition. 2) The Government buildings from which veterans were ejected remain untouched and unworked after five weeks. 3) Every veteran arrested as a rioting Red has been released for lack of evidence; three veterans indicted for assaulting police had good overseas records; not one criminal record has been turned up among the B. E. F. 4) Police Superintendent Glassford had cleared the Government buildings and a truce on rioting had been declared an hour before troops were called. 5) Empty dynamite...
...natives with rings, shirts, hardware, to perform. One mishap occurred: 15 Balinese, tipsy on mild wine and carrying a cremation tower, ran over him and his camera. His picture, the leisurely record of a six-month visit, is beautifully photographed and has the warm, informal authenticity that most travelogs lack. Good shot: a Balinese youth (Trego's valet, who refused to leave Bali for any salary) smiling slowly as he watches a dance...
...pivot comes in, direction will follow if the racket follows in a line to where the ball is sent. . . . We try to have the footwork done ahead of time and then at the moment of hitting, perfect control, no falling over sideways, no off balance. . . . There is no lack of decision. The training calls for audible calling of where the ball is to be sent. We have used semaphores placed back of the player receiving the ball, the other fellow would follow the signals. . . . I do not allow more than 13 errors for any one set. . . . At Tulane we advocate...