Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lack of funds, three pre-Civil War colleges have been closed in the past three years: Lombard (Galesburg, Ill), Irving (Mechanicsburg, Pa.), St. Mary's (St. Marys, Kans...
...captious folk this outlay of Gershwin revealed a weakness of structure, a lack of variety. But most of the Stadiumgoers were well content to take Gershwin's agile, rhythmic music on its own terms. They had heard before The Rhapsody in Blue, the sly American in Paris, the workman-like Concerto in F. From familiar Gershwin shows came the overture to "Of Thee I Sing," "Wintergreen for President," and a medley of "Fascinating Rhythm." "Liza," "The Man I Love," "I Got Rhythm." New to the Stadium were the other two numbers, conducted by Albert Coates: the highbrow Second Rhapsody...
...interest in P. A. A. It was organized in 1929 by the late Carl Ben Eielson, father of aviation in Alaska. While it enjoyed a romantic, lusty existence in a land where the airplane is an immeasurable boon, Alaskan Airways never made money. Prime reasons were Avco's lack of facility for remote control of operations; and Alaskan Airways' unprofitable mail contracts. These are not true airmail contracts but "star routes"* won from the dogsled contractors by underbidding. The contractor is required only to carry the mail, receives no extra compensation for flying it. (A 3? stamp...
...frankness. She has a romantic interlude and afterwards, discusses it with lurid details. It matters not whether the recent recipient of her favors happens to be among those present or not . . . she is said to dilate upon his ways and wiles, his abilities and disabilities, his prowess or his lack of prowess with . . . consummate abandon. . . ." Miss Hall provided direct quotations from Miss Bankhead's amorous philosophy: "I'm serious about love. I'm damned serious about it now, of all times. I haven't had an affaire for six months. Six months! Too long...
...knocked down two and finished fourth, Donald Finlay of England who was given fourth place until an electro-photograph of the finish proved that he was third, was a step behind Percy Beard, Alabama Tech instructor whose scissor legs usually make up over the jumps what speed they lack on the flat. Even University of Iowa's lean George Saling had kicked over one hurdle, the last, when it was too late for Beard and Keller, who had fought for the lead through the first 100 metres, to catch him. If he had cleared the tenth barrier, Saling's time?...