Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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They disagree on the explanation. Some cite the complacent "yuppie" mentality of the '80s. Others blame corporations and big law firms for a lack of real philanthropy...
...Many [professors] complain either about the lack of coherence of the student body, i.e. the diversity in preparation and levels of understanding, or about the general lack of historical knowledge, especially in European and non-Western history," reported the Historical Studies Subcommittee in their five-year review issued last spring...
Harvard has also been struggling this year, mostly because of lack of experience on the offensive line and lack of depth, which hurt the team when a rash of injuries set in after the Army game five weeks ago. The Crimson's only win in the last five weeks, a 6-5 squeaker over Dartmouth two weeks ago at the Stadium, was sandwiched in between losses to Cornell (28-0) and Princeton...
Harvard's large size allows different faculties to follow their own affirmative action programs, Quincy said. Although this decentralization sometimes aids hiring efforts, the lack of a "campus-wide game plan" more often tends to work against such programs, he said...
Musically, while the lack of a stand-out single does make Built to Last appear less commercial than 1987's In the Dark, the album does retain the dominant vocals and background instrumentation that have defined the Dead of the 1980s and set them apart from their psychedelic past. Bob Weir's "Victim or the Crime" is the exception which proves the rule on the Dead's newest release--this seven-minute, 33-second composition quickly devolves into a reflection back on some of the Dead's early tonal experimentation and instrumental jam sessions...