Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Tempters only arouse his scorn. Assassins only increase his submission. Out of such an attitude comes the play's blazing religious exaltation, its lack of psychological drama. The great heroes of tragedy are inwardly lacerated; Becket is not. Hence the first half of the play is mainly declamatory. But in the second half Poet Eliot's richly cumulative rhetoric takes fire, makes antiphonal voices of his despairing chorus of women, his truculent band of murderers, his central, uplifted archbishop...
...other hand, claimed that New Deal policies have led to the present slump, and have caused a large degree of uncertainty and lack of confidence in the business world, besides merely providing immediate relief at the expense of the future...
Speaking primarily to the 60 Freshmen Harlow insisted that the lack of brilliancy in last. Fall's Yardling record would not be considered at all in placing them this Spring. In this respect, he praised Freshman Coach Skip Stahley's recommendations, citing the present Juniors as examples of his unerring choice...
...startling. Saving himself for his triumphant effort in the 440, Kendall coasted to an easy victory in the 220-yard free style with a time of 2:23.6. His team-mates seem to have taken advantage of weak opposition in order to relax a bit. Add to this their lack of acquaintance with a 20-yard pool, and the clockings, a bit slow for the Crimson mermen, are not surprising...
...Speakers at the annual session of the National Association of Manufacturers placed the blame for the current business recession upon (1 foreign wars, 2 high tariffs, 3 lack of raw materials for industry, 4 lack of available money for expansion of industry, 5 President Roosevelt and his New Deal policies...