Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Class of 1940 who wish to join a House with a gilded spire, or set of wild Russian bells, Winthrop regrets that it has nothing to offer, other than rooms which overlook all the gilded spires of the town, and which are within earshot of the aforementioned wells. The lack of architectural elegance, however, is more than compensated for the group of congenial undergraduates who live in the two fine Georgian buildings, Gore and Standish Halls. It is generally believed that lack of cerise of mauve colored tower has helped to poster the democratic make-up of the House. Instead...
Spain Laughs (by Joseph S. King; Allied Theatre, producer). Though Spain has rocked with civil war for eight months, until last week the New York stage had seen no drama based upon the conflict. That lack was remedied by the Allied Theatre, a workers' and technicians' semiprofessional acting company...
Thanks to the genial weather and almost complete lack of snow, the Maintenance Department has saved over $11,000 this winter, Rogers B. Johnson '17, Superintendent of the Department, admitted yesterday. Whereas the University grounds received $8,000 worth of brushing, snow-shoveling, plowing, and sanding last winter, only $650 has been necessary this winter...
Concerning the new French Loan he said, "Its significance lies in its effects upon the franc. The franc has been weak largely as a result of the continued outflow of capital which is to be associated with unsettled conditions in Europe and lack of faith in the French Popular Front Government...
Dorgan, annoyed at the lack of consideration received by his bill, was brief in his comment on chances for the Senate also repealing it. "I don't know anything about them," he said, referring to the Senate. Interviewed in his home, Dorgan was more voluble about the controversial issue he sponsored...