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Word: unpreparedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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But no sooner had he bowed out of Parliament than he bowed into the annual convention of the Labor Party to start his campaign. And this campaign will be waged with applause still drowning out the murmur of the Russian affair, with the Conservatives unprepared, and with the Liberals undecided...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A REAL STRATEGIC RETREAT | 10/11/1924 | See Source »

In regard to equipment the management advises the candidates to bring all that they have, but not to make any purchases without consulting the coaches, for fear of buying the wrong kind of paraphenalia. For the novititee who come entirely unprepared the necessary equipment will be provided.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOAL TENDERS TO GET FIRST WARMING-UP BEHIND HEMENWAY | 11/19/1923 | See Source »

Mr. Moore declared that he had been quite unprepared for so large a demand for tickets. In his early negotiations with the Princeton Athletic Association he had reserved in the Palmer Stadium sections 1-8, seating about 15,000, for Harvard spectators. The subsequent demand for tickets, however, caused him...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JUNGLE ENCOUNTER BRINGS FLOOD OF APPLICATIONS | 10/30/1923 | See Source »

Despite the steady annual increase in construction, however, it is unlikely that material or labor costs will be quite so high as in the Spring of this year. Whereas in 1920-1923 American building material manufacturers were unprepared for the excessive demands placed upon them, another year will see their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Construction in 1924 | 9/24/1923 | See Source »

Yale's experiment is merely the formal recognition of a principle that has been gaining strength with thoughtful examiners everywhere. The best teachers in the University, consciously or unconsciously, divide their examinations into questions of the two types. The professor who is really concerned with making his quizzes something more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TESTING EXAMINATIONS | 3/23/1923 | See Source »

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