Word: lacking
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...pretentious. Suky is a tragic figure, but Bello is very funny. Arkin looks silly in his flashback hairpiece, but he gives Herb the nuance he needs, irascible charm all bound up in entitlement. Keanu Reeves plays Chris, the "half-baked" son of Pippa's neighbor Dot (Shirley Knight), whose lack of guile makes him unexpectedly good company for Pippa as she loses her own social graces...
...placing the financial burden on in-state students is especially harmful to low-income Californians, for whom the UC system is essential for receiving a college education. This would have the unfortunate result of increasing socioeconomic and ethic homogeneity in a university system that already suffers from a lack of racial diversity. Granted, geographical diversity would suffer from tuition hikes aimed at out-of-state students, but there is no good solution to the University of California’s dilemma—only less bad ones...
...quotes around “Long-Johnson” that were used in the article were a striking indication of The Crimson’s lack of respect for our ticket. Why quotes around our campaign name and not the others...
Furthermore, the article took a turn for the worse when it implied that our lack of experience on the UC was one of the reasons that we are “taking the race less seriously.” It is precisely because we are outsiders that we believe seriously that we should be elected. Looking through our platform on our website or glancing at our posters, you might notice that our rhetoric is a bit satirical of the jargon and goals of UC candidates. We take this approach because we seriously want to bring change to what students increasingly...
Pinker’s book review, published on Nov. 7 in the New York Times, gave Gladwell’s new book a lukewarm reception. He praised Gladwell for aspects of the work, but criticized his lack of knowledge of statistics and psychology and his use of “banal” generalizations...