Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...says the group's declining campus presence can be attributed to a number of factors: a lack of funding, a lack of interest and competition from other ethnic groups for committed members...
...Sunday, the lack of wind cancelled all but two races. Since both races were in the A division and none were held in the B division, neither counted in the overall standings, preventing the team from improving upon its Saturday performance...
...really a mental breakdown, a lack of focus," Hart said. "They had a lot of runs of four or five points in a row. We had some communication errors, and that just enabled them to go on runs...
There is, it should be said, a certain lack of perspective in Ted's writing. After all, it was he, not David, who sent the bombs. Still, the original tale had been so much neater: the evil, deranged brother and the righteous, heartbroken brother who put a killer out of commission. As it turns out, the Kaczynski tragedy is more Greek than American, a morally complicated tale in which even the most righteous intentions have created shadows that will haunt all the players for the rest of their lives...
Pritchard leads them down this path, touching on the ways kids divide themselves: by the clothes they wear, the color of their skin, the cars their parents drive. "Lack of respect is the root of all evil" and "Pain shared is pain divided," he preaches, building to where he demands honest answers to a few questions. "How many of you have seen fights start here at school for something silly?" The hands shoot up. "How many of you have heard the words homo, faggot and dyke used in school?" A sea of hands again, just as when he asks...