Word: lacks
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...David A. Wells lectured in Sever 11 last evening on "The place of Taxation in Literature and History." There is not one treatise exclusively on taxation in the English language that is at the same time comprehensive and reliable. This is probably because of the lack of agreement among writers on the subject. Knowledge of economic literature is, however, necessary to a full comprehension of most of the insurrections and revolutions of history; and since sin came into the world there has been no more prolific source of popular discontent than abusive taxation, The systems of taxation in China...
Although Princeton has better material than any other college, she may yet fail to make a respectable showing at the Intercollegiate championships, owing to the lamentable lack of interest taken in athletics not only by the college in general, but even by the most promising athletes.- Princetonian...
...present lack of an International Copyright law permits injustice to foreign authors, (a) their productions are their own personal property-Report Common Pleas 89; (b) they have no control over their publications in America-Library Journal II, p. 250; (c) they receive no compensation-Library Journal...
...lack of International Copyright law discourages our own authors and publishers. (a) authors lack pecuniary stimulus to their best efforts-Nation 38, p. 112; (b) markets are flooded with foreign works offered at a lower price than that at which new productions can be prepared-Forum I, p. 497; (c) authors cannot afford to make literature a profession-R. R. Bowker, p. 51; (d) legitimate publications are at a disadvantage in competition-Saturday Review...
...must be shirked Perhaps the first thing that suffers is eystematic study. It is not long before some of the smaller or less interesting societies begin to feel the pressure, and finally the largest and most popular societies are also affected. We hear of meeting after meeting adjourned for lack of a quorum, of papers unprepared, of rehearsals unattended, of training not strictly kept, at beging (?) if something were wrong. The first explanation is that men are undertaking too much. They ought to be more careful about joining societies and about organizing new ones. With all the duties on their...