Word: lacks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Disastrous Lack of Teachers...
...said at the Astronomical laboratory that the suddenness with which stars disappear when the light is thus cut off by the disk of the moon bears witness to the lack of atmosphere on the earth's satellites. If there were any atmosphere they would be considerably dimmed just before their disappearance...
...captain of this pioneer team was Henry R. Grant '74, who played one of the halfback positions. Little attention was paid this contest by the public, mention of it being found in only one Boston paper, and that confined to a scant 10 lines. In spite of the lack of general interest which it aroused, this game on May 15, 1874, marked the beginning of a football regime which will reach its highest point before the throng of spectators in the Stadium today...
...most serious fault in Yale's performance was the lack of team work resulting from a lack of training in the fundamentals. Co-ordination between the backs and the ends was not sufficient to permit successful completion of forward passes. Co-ordination between the line and the backfield was not sufficient to provide interference for the rush-line plays; and finally co-ordination between the different backs was not sufficient to carry through the plays in a critical moment...
...first great development in aviation here should be the establishment of a large number of well-appointed landing places along the important trade routes. The vast majority of flying accidents are caused by the lack of good landing places. If, for example, it could be made possible for a pilot flying from Boston to New York to be never out of gliding distance of a sufficiently large and even landing ground the danger of the flight would be practically eliminated...