Word: lacking
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...little power. The City Manager has far more. Under the City's proportional representation system of elections, city councillors get to be city councillors by appealing, each to his own, to small, well defined groups of voters who usually live in one specific area of the City. Given their lack of power, city councillors try to satisfy "their people" in small ways--for example by getting them a traffic light--and by emotion-charged appeals with few implications for concrete action...
...housing convention supporters regarded the defeat of their bill as a tragedy, the real tragedy of the Cambridge housing crisis may be only beginning. The next few months may well be ones of lost opportunities for Cambridge; chances to alleviate the housing crisis are likely to slip away for lack of political push behind them. If the past year's agitation has done nothing else, it has at least created an awareness on the part of the City government and other institutions, primarily the universities, that some action is required on housing...
...Murray Perahia showed no life, no energy, and no enthusiasm. Each movement was stodgy, and movements two and three positively died at the end. The cellist performed rather well. Unfortunately the violinist was sadly out of tune. The biggest single complaint I would register against the performance was lack of ensemble. Notes must not only be played in sequence linearly but the parts must line up vertically as well. The rhythmic impression stole the vitality from a piece already somewhat lacking in rhythmic interest...
That he should focus on poverty and welfare as a, if not the, central domestic issue is not surprising, for welfare and the lack of incentive synonomous with 'gift' aid have been highly controversial since their conception and initial appearance in the Social Security...
...comparatively trivial, but surprisingly substantial drawback has been the lack of adequate child care facilities. Again, the Department of Public Welfare is to make arrangements for either day care or baby-sitters. As yet, no centers exist for AFDC use, and the red tape in paying baby-sitters often involves a lengthy delay in just getting funds appropriated...