Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...said that the company is $150,000 behind last year in subscriptions. The Sunday matinee series has been discontinued "after a careful inquiry into costs and the probable income." Whether this can all be attributed to hard times is a matter of opinion. Certainly there has been no lack of sales effort in the best Insull manner. But critics contend that too much has been said about the "duty" of supporting the opera, too little about how good the operas are. Chicagoans, whether they approve of Mary Garden or not, agree that she is the one who puts life into...
...sternward where the seas piled up. They felt better looking ahead. Every man on board was seasick though all were experienced sailors except 200-lb. Whitey Peterson of Bristol, R. I. Landlubber Peterson fought the sea like a personal enemy, took the longest stretches at the wheel. Weak from lack of sleep and living on canned goods and apples, the eight adventurers and their bosses could hardly stand by the time they made Southampton. Said Sir Thomas when he heard the story, "Why, I'm surprised. Nobody told me. The trip was so fast I thought it must have...
...interesting feature of the book market in Harvard Square is the apparent lack of activity in the dollar new fiction field. Although sales of cheap reprint editions continue to run high, the demand for novels is confined almost entirely to those which are in the two dollar and two-fifty class. In other words the announcement made last spring by certain publishers cutting their fiction, prices in half has had little effect on Cambridge buyers...
Dropped Freshmen, according to the announcement yesterday, will not be admitted to the Houses. This policy has been adopted because only some of the dropped Freshmen secure regular tutorial instruction, and, of those who do, very few can profit from such instruction because of the lack of background for independent work and also the fact that most of their time must of necessity be given to establishing satisfactory records in courses in order to remain in College. Also many of the dropped Freshmen, because of deficiencies, are carrying five or six courses which leaves little time for tutorial work. Since...
Dropped Freshmen, according to the announcement yesterday, will not be admitted to the Houses. This policy has been adopted because only some of the dropped Freshmen secure regular tutorial instruction, and, of those who do, very few can profit from such instruction because of the lack of background for independent work and also the fact that most of their time must of necessity be given to establishing satisfactory records in courses in order to remain in College. Also many of the dropped Freshmen, because of deficiencies, are carrying five or six courses which leaves little time for tutorial work. Since...