Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There are others. But in this forceful Texan are some distinct possibilities which others lack...
...attractive. It has a first rate collection of books of English literature, and a fairly good History section. When the Hopkinson portrait of President Lowell was first hung, however, students found it hard to concentrate. In glancing at the picture, they would become not a little disconcerted at the lack of buttonholes in the President's suit. But after a number of men had gone on probation, the portrait disappeared and later returned with the holes painted...
...salutation of letters printed in TIME is standardized as "Sirs," not for lack of space, but because "Sirs" is curt, clear, complete...
...then, explain the prominence of Newton D. Baker among the possible Democratic nominees? Testimony comes in to tell of a prevailing Baker sentiment throughout the nation which persists in spite of the lack of any active organized effort to promote the Ohioan's candidacy. A poll taken recently of Democratic newspaper editors revealed nearly as many predictions of Baker's election as of Roosevelt's. Prominent party politicians, while discreetly silent in states where Mr. Baker's own withheld permission is necessary for their appearance at Chicago as official delegates, are known to harbor a secret desire for the fateful...
...study of how people spend their time, what they think about, and how they feel, begun by the department of Sociology last spring, has been discontinued because of lack of funds. The plans included principally a thorough survey of conditions in Cambridge, and was to include all classes, all ages, and all nationalities...