Word: lacks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...very reason, perhaps, that they found the war so convenient a means evading and half-heartedly accomplishing tasks which they are called upon to perform. "These are war-times, you know, and present demands make it impossible for me to do this," is the common attitude. The fallacy of lack of time has gained great headway among our student body and has come to permeate the daily experience...
...longer are able to add to our daily routine. The man who in truth fully occupies his time is a rarity indeed. To beg off from added duties because of the war and its demands is in almost every case a popular but invalid excuse. The cry of lack of time comes quickly to the lips, but it does not bear up under the conditions which govern the lives of the great majority...
...United States, viewed the close-order work of the Regiment, after arriving too late to see the combat exercise. His chief criticism of the corps, whose work in the field exercise was praised by Lieutenant Morize, was that in the close-order tactics the men showed a woeful lack of that "punch" needed to carry field work through to a successful finish under adverse conditions in real warfare...
...these orders, and he alone is responsible for the success of them all. If he knows his own job, and knows it thoroughly, backwards and upside down, as he should, his platoon will be a machine that can overcome the disciplined hosts of the Kaiser. But if he lacks that absolute knowledge he will lack self-confidence and character, and his men, reflecting the spirit of their leader, will be a futile tool against the disciplined...
...spite of the record to date of one victory and three defeats, the University baseball team should be able to defeat Yale this afternoon when the nines meet at 3.30 o'clock. Chief faults with the team so far have been due to a lack of experience, and the last three games have done a great deal to overcome them...