Word: lacking
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...gave us cheap LCD televisions, the iPhone, Lipitor, and Phillips Exeter Academy. Block-heads paint the public schools as a sacred cow, vouchers as undemocratic, and unionized public school teachers as modern heroes. Were trains so holy that today there are no planes? Was cotton so consecrated that we lack polyester? Likewise, the monopoly local middle school should not consider itself a temple. We cannot forget the lessons of productive innovation when it comes to education. I do not ask that public schools as they exist today be shut down. But I submit that, after the subsidy is shifted...
...management, raised fuel prices, and the loss of confidence in air-travel after 9/11. There is a fundamental problem with the entitlement the public feels regarding low airfares—flying a commercial aircraft is expensive, and when low ticket prices are coupled with overall financial strain, airline companies lack the means for the necessary aircrafts, pilots, and crew...
...resignation and 40 years after the massacre, that survivors of the atrocities are finally sharing their stories.The film, which was screened at Harvard on February 12th, was well received by its audience, but also subjected to certain pointed criticisms. Spectators found fault with the film’s lack of emphasis on the involvement of the U.S. government in the killings, and on Lemelson’s portrayal of the PKI’s lack of culpability. The former criticism held that the film ought to have addressed the CIA’s involvement in the atrocities, which included covert...
...effort to accommodate students dealing with or recovering from eating disorders, HUDS removed caloric information displayed conspicuously on placards under food titles at the beginning of the academic year. But this removal did not sit well in the stomachs of some students and parents. Concerned that the lack of information could fuel unhealthy eating habits, they requested that dining hall managers reinstitute the nutritional labels. In a pressure cooker from health-conscious parents and students and individuals concerned that visual reminders could cue body image concerns and eating disorders, HUDS representatives said they’re trying to strike...
...doctor placed against a background of pill containers—there is hardly any room for imagination or analysis on the part of the viewer. While it may have been Vanderwarker’s intent to create a scrapbook of his “heroes,” the lack of creativity and innovation in his execution makes these tributes seem more like enlarged Facebook profile pictures...